Originally Posted by maweitao

I wonder how many people have jumped on the anti-Bush bandwagon simply because it looks like its the thing to do.

Its become the cool thing to do, to oppose Bush. Its helped in no small part by celebrities who oppose the president. Ultimately, who doesnt like putting down the man? Thats what Bush has become in every sense of the word. Its cool being rebellious.

The strongest influence, however, is the predominantly democrat controlled media. Like it or not, thats the reality. Although you've got Foxnews which is more towards the right and much of talk radio, thats not where most of the public get their news.

Most people don't follow the news closely. What little they get comes from CNN, MSNBC, ABCNews, etc. So they get one-sided reports. But because people don't bother to investigate anything thats all they know about the world.

And from personal experience I've found that the news media, when reporting on something I have first-hand knowledge of, never get things right. In one case, when there was that airplane accident in Taiwan a few years ago, they got the location on the incident completely wrong. Dont they check sources?

And of course the media loves sensationaism. There was an article just yesterday about an egg exploding in someone's face because they heated it in a microwave. They make it sound like it happens all the time. They do this with everything because of course, more than anything else what they want is ratings.

I pride my self on being open-minding and honestly do consider various sides of an argument. I have yet to hear truly compelling as to what Bush is doing wrong and why Kerry should be elected. All I've heard to date is what organizations like CNN have spoon-fed to the public.