Proposal: Natl Press Club blue-ribbon wake-up-America news conf re. media

[DeepModem Mom]

I'm thinking a wake-up-America, cease-and-desist-whore-media press conference at the National Press Club in D.C. Participants on a blue-ribbon panel would stress the crucial importance of this election -- or any Presidential election -- and call out the media on the two issues Paul Krugman has identified: trivialization and bias. This would be in the wake of the Swift Boat liar ads.

Possible participants would include Walter Cronkite from media; Warren Buffett from business; General Clark, Max Cleland and other military/veterans; former Secretaries of State from Democratic administrations. From past Democratic administrations, possibly Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., the historian; Caroline Kennedy; Bill Moyers; Jimmy Carter himself; Bob Rubin.

The aim would be to make clear to the American people what Rove and Co., with the compliance of the press, are doing to our electoral process. The SBVT personal-attack ads would be a starting point, but the whole spectrum of media coverage and trivial, manufactured issues would be addressed, and the public put on notice to assess the current campaign and media coverage with a critical eye. The public would be encouraged not to be fooled, to identify issues important to them and demand that they be addressed, and to THINK FOR THEMSELVES!

[NMDemDist2]

1. woohoo send that one to Dem_Strat asap n/t

[DeepModem Mom]

3. Sent to DS, and emailed to campaign site --

[papau]

2. I like it - and Nat'l Press Club is already setup for C-Span!

:-)

[ItsThePeopleStupid]

4. if you can help bring that off

you're a miracle worker. I really like the idea.

I think I may include the idea in my LTTEs, etc. -- the idea that this whole Swift smear was always pretty clearly a bunch of liars, and the media brought it out anyway. The ad itself hardly ran at all. The media didn't do their vetting job, and they should be held accountable for it at every opportunity.

[DeepModem Mom]

5. If anyone thinks this is a good idea, and has access to the campaign...

please pass it on.

[papau]

6. I suggest you post the idea on www.johnkerry.com - the blog is read

by the campaign staff.

:-)

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http://volunteer.johnkerry.com/profile/blogin/?r=http%3A//blog.johnkerry.com/blog/archives/002531.html%23002531

[DeepModem Mom]

7. Good idea, papau -- thanks, and will do!