Why do journalists suddenly love Al Gore?

After they tempt him into the presidential race, they'll probably try to destroy him again. And he knows it.

The sudden fashion for favorable comment won't influence any thoughtful American's opinion of Gore, but it should remind us of the dismal media performance that did such a terrible disservice to him and to the nation. Although Gore himself certainly deserves a measure of blame for the catastrophic conclusion of the 2000 presidential election and the events that led up to it, his hateful treatment by the press slanted the campaign against him from the ... Full Story »

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Bob McInnis
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by Bob McInnis - Oct. 1, 2008

Joe Conason reflects on the frentic amnesia of mainstream media (and citizen journalism, bloggers, social mediaists) towards reports and comments made in the past. The greater reflection could have encompassed how this bent for drivel that entices readers is our fault(the reader).

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