Media: This race is a disgrace

Spencer Collins · #1 (**permalink**) 08-15-2012, 02:14 PM

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Even the media’s had enough.

The race for the White House has grown so toxic that it’s become a top topic among reporters and analysts covering the contest — and some are even calling on President Barack Obama and presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney to call a truce.

“You thought last week was bad? Just when you thought last week’s third-grade insults were as low as the campaign could go here, here we go again, the campaign has gotten even uglier,” MSNBC’s Chuck Todd said Wednesday. “It’s not faux outrage, it’s real outrage. Over the last 24 hours, the attacks from both sides have reached a new level of vitriol.”

CNN’s Soledad O’Brien said the campaigns struck a new note of negativity.

“Romney and Obama campaigns going on the offensive at the same time? What that means is nasty rhetoric, really nastier than ever,” she said this morning.

On Fox News, veteran political reporter Brit Hume said the attacks were some of the worst he’s seen since covering politics, a sentiment shared by other experienced correspondents.

“This is about as ugly as I’ve seen it get,” Hume said Tuesday night on Fox. “I think some of the things that have been said about Mitt Romney, and… that Harry Reid allegation are just unbelievable. I’ve rarely seen something like that from somebody as senior as the Senate majority leader.”

Reid said last week that Romney hadn’t paid taxes in a decade based on what an unnamed source had told him, prompting Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus to call the Nevada Democrat “a dirty liar.”

Mark Halperin said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that the contest was among the most toxic he’d ever seen.

“I don’t want to overstate it but last night was a big, historical moment, I think, in this campaign,” Halperin said.

He suggested that Obama call Romney and negotiate a truce, so the two candidates could then instruct their aides to knock off the brutal attacks and get back on the high road.

Read more: Media: This race is a disgrace - Kevin Cirilli - POLITICO.com

Oh BS...the media loves it and they say the same thing every four years..

cnredd · #2 (**permalink**) 08-15-2012, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Spencer Collins

Media: This race is a disgrace

Oh BS...the media loves it and they say the same thing every four years..

I've said the same thing...Every four years certain people keep seeing things for the first time...

foundit66 · #3 (**permalink**) 08-15-2012, 05:49 PM

The article itself is rather ironic and self-gratifying.
I’m reading through the article, seeing all these people talk about how awful the race is…
… and half-way through I’m wondering if they’ll stop tossing out quotes about how awful it is and actually give an example…

Like they are trying to make THEIR OPINION the news, instead of leading with the facts...
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I suspect the punditry will spend an inordinate amount of air-time repeating the claim.* Gotta fill that 24-hour news cycle…*

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(And for the record, WTF Reid?* That*is quite the accusation to toss out there based simply on an "unnamed source"...* I think I would classify that as "stupid", pending actual delivery of proof instead of "vitriol", although obvously the two are not mutually exclusive)

MrLiberty · #4 (**permalink**) 08-16-2012, 07:53 PM

Of course Hume and the others weren't around during the Adams, Jefferson contest as that was some nasty crap. Jefferson was paying reporters to make stuff up about Adams. But, that was a different time, not many people saw or heard what was said by the candidates.

I think one of the biggest reason we are seeing things get so nasty is because one side can't run on their record and the other has flip flopped so much no one knows where he stands.

One other reason I want to point out. The media is fanning the flames also. A good example being; "MSNBC’s Touré: Romney Engaging In The ‘Niggerization’ Of Obama." MSNBC’s Touré: Romney Engaging In The ‘Niggerization’ Of Obama | Mediaite

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