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The media coverage of Senator Larry Craig? MEDIA MEDIA MEDIA?

Do you think it was covered properly? MEaning; the negatives and positives of the concerned issue? Do you think the media was bias?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Yes I think it was, although his actions are very bad, I think the Media except for FOX did a good job. Fox was OK, but they are not very balanced despite their claim to be. There is heavy Pro-Republican bias on FOX.

    I think in this case CNN did te best job, though usually MSNBC is the more balanced network of the three cable news nets.

    CNN interviwed Clinton, who talked of his human error and said he did not delight in seeing Craig and his family have to go through this because he knows what seroius personal error can do to a family. I thought that was very Christian of him

    James Carville (on CNN) a famous democrat analyst, even went so far as to say he didn't think he should have resigned since it was a misdemeanor and mail in fine and he did not plead guilty to sexual misconduct, but only disturbing the peace.

    I think he neede to resign for hypocrisy, not for human error. Craig was very hard on Clinton and evne called him names over the Lewinsky affair in 98.

    Yes the Media, save FOX has been fair and even Fox was ok, especially since they are so baised normally.

  • Bleh!
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    He was crucified, convicted, and destroyed by a Media that clearly had no regard for the truth. The media quoted every bad comment about him with little regard to facts or truth. If anybody wanted to degrade him, they would get more time than reporting any known facts.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Paula Rivere

    Why is this the democrats fault?

    because we think gays should be treated equally?

    You should look at your own Party, they are the ones that threw him under the bus when they heard about it,

    AND

    it's all over the media BECAUSE they stripped him of his committee positions AND THEY want his resignation !!

    What if you walked into a bathroom with two men in it having sex and had a child with, would you then see that its wrong and realize a law against it is correct?

    anybody rubbing my foot with theirs from another stall better pray there is a cop around to save him !!!!

    UTAH MIKE If jefferson is FOUND GUILTY, he deserves to go to prison.

    In America, you are innocent until PROOVEN guilty, in a case that you PLEAD guilty, that is proof that YOU ARE GUILTY

    Jefferson has NOT been found nor has he Pleaded guilty

  • 1 decade ago

    if craig hadn't been guilty, why did he plead guilty? and if the press found out, why should they keep quiet? craig got busted, pled guilty, and the press found out long afterwards. was craig trying to cover it up by pleading guilty, hoping the press wouldn't find out what he did? craig was found out, and the press exposed it, so who is to blame for it? it was craig. all the press did is expose what craig didn't want the public to know. he committed a crime and the press reported it. craig has no one to blame but himself.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    William Jefferson (D - Louisiana) had bribe money in his freezer and he is still in office. Larry Craig (R - Idaho) allegedly played footsie with someone and he had to resign.

    This just tells me that Republicans have SOME morals while Democrats have none. But I already knew this.

  • 1 decade ago

    for once the media did try to see both sides of Sen Craig's reasoning to plead guilty

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    American coverage is a big farce now. It's all about ratings for them.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes, the Democrats are gearing up for the next election and can only win votes by engaging in smear tactics. If it had been anybody else we would have heard screams of 'entrapment' and 'innocent until proven guilty'. He did not say anything or expose anything - we only have the cops word.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    There were positives about a US Senator trying get his freak on in a public restroom?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    is that guy a republican? i thought republicans can't be homosexual.

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