Reply #74: I don't suppose you will read this ,Dem Strategist,

[saracat]

But I would suggest capitalizing on those media that you know are supporters.For instance in my city, which is the capital of a swing state, I am deliberately being vague to protect the identity of a reporter, the local Fox affiliate has a major news anchor that is a Dem. We get far more coverage from Fox than anybody else, yet the Kerry Press rep doesn't seek the Dem out and work with him. She has expressed surprise that Fox cooperates more. Today I told her why.Another station, a CBS affiliate, also has a Dem anchor.She however has been threatened with job loss if she attends a Kerry rally as a private citizen. I am told by the other reporters that this is happening at many other stations. We need to know who is who and work together with the Dem friendly press. We also have to protect them when necessary.We should write letters of support to the stations when they go out on a limb for us.Rather than treating the press as the enemy ,we need to round up our friends and work together with them to get the word out.But if we never take the effort to find out who our friends are, we won't have much success in promoting Dems!JMHO.I have put together lots of press events and several for the Democratic Party. I have had a positive experience working together.Many of the Kerry Press people don't care about the local press and who they are and that is their and ultimately our loss.