The Mighty Wurlitzer

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As Robert Parry of The Consortium has tirelessly pointed out over the years, America’s conservative movement has worked to create and control a media apparatus that allows them to make some scandals out of thin air (when it comes to Democrats and lefties) and make other scandals disappear (when it comes to Republicans and righties):

That also should be a cautionary lesson to Democrats seeking the White House. The political/media dynamic of Washington has changed little since Campaign 2000. The powerful right-wing news outlets still can make little controversies big and big controversies little.

This is why non-stories like this phony NASCAR hoo-ha (which of course has nothing to do with NASCAR, but submissive AP stringers meekly pretend that it does) get pushed heavily, while actual scandals involving Republicans (such as this story about a county chair of the GOP being caught — twice — with the same underage boy in his home) get ignored nationally except by a few brave bloggers.

UPDATE:  Charles also reminds us all of another scandal, one likely to take down a lot of Republican legislators (and possibly a few Democrats).   But of course that one will never be prominently featured on the TV news shows or the internet ISP portals.  Not unless it can be made to look so that the Democrats are the only perps.