Edwards has been working hard--so why isn't any of this on TV?

[spooky3]

Take a look at this partial listing of his campaign stops, mostly in the midwest and South:

http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?fr=news-storylinks&p=%22John%20Edwards%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw

(Mods, I figured that since this was a search result rather than a copyrighted article, I could include more than 4 paragraphs, but please let me know if that's wrong.)

1. Statement from V.P. Candidate John Edwards on President Bush's Executive Orders on Intelligence Reform
U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - Aug 27 12:06 PM
Sen. John Edwards released the following statement today on President Bush's Executive Orders in intelligence reform
2. John Edwards Hosts Townhall In Cleveland
Cleveland - NewsNet5 via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 9:48 AM
Sen. John Edwards will be in Cleveland today for a town hall meeting at the Friendly Inn Settlement, NewsChannel5 reported.
3. 8.26.04 John Edwards to visit Wilmington
WECT 6 Wilmington - Aug 26 9:45 AM
Democratic vice-presidential nominee John Edwards plans to make a major policy address in Wilmington on Monday. Campaign spokesman Ron Eckstein says the address will probably happen on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, but details of the visit haven't been settled.
4. John Edwards makes campaign stop in Cleveland
WKYC 3 - Aug 25 7:25 PM
CLEVELAND -- John Edwards made a campaign stop in Cleveland Wednesday trying to connect with African American voters here. The democratic vice presidential nominee was at the “Friendly Inn” on the east side.
5. John Edwards Hosts Town Hall In Cleveland He Will Also Go To Mahoning Valley
News Channel 5 Cleveland - Aug 25 5:10 PM
CLEVELAND -- John Edwards was in Cleveland today for a town hall meeting at the Friendly Inn Settlement, NewsChannel5 reported. The townhall, which started at 10 a.m., was a question-and-answer format.
6. Campaign 2004 John Edwards Visits Columbus
Ohio News Network - Aug 25 5:51 PM
Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards was in Columbus Tuesday for his first solo visit here since John Kerry chose Edwards as his running mate.
7. Price of John Edwards' visit to city deemed manageable
Journal Times Online - Aug 25 10:15 AM
RACINE - Sen. John Edwards' campaign stop in Racine on Monday cost the city about $3,700 - a relative bargain compared to amounts paid by other cities to host candidates involved in the presidential election.
8. John Edwards scheduled to attend Cleveland town hall meeting
WKYC 3 - Aug 25 4:24 AM
CLEVELAND -- Vice-Presidential Nominee John Edwards is waking up in Cleveland Wednesday morning. He is heading to a town hall meeting on the city’s east side. Edwards also attended a Cleveland fundraiser Tuesday night and criticized TV ads attacking John Kerry’s war record.
9. Democratic VP Candidate John Edwards To Visit Oklahoma City
KOTV Tulsa - Aug 25 5:55 AM
The race for President makes a stop in Oklahoma Wednesday evening. Democratic Vice Presidential hopeful John Edwards will represent John Kerry at a reception in Oklahoma City.
10. Edwards Criticizes Banks on College Loans
AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 28 3:25 AM
Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards on Friday promoted John Kerry's initiative to help students afford to go to college and criticized a government-set guarantee that banks earn a 9.5 percent return on some college loans.
11. Statement From V.P. Candidate John Edwards on President Bush's Executive Orders on Intelligence Reform
Troy Record - Aug 27 4:40 PM
"Nearly three years after 9/11, the president is finally acknowledging that we have failed to enact the intelligence reform needed to keep our country safe. The proposal announced today does not get the job done.
12. A Strategic Detour for Edwards
Washington Post - Aug 27 8:06 PM
CHARLOTTE The stop was not on the official campaign itinerary. But as John Edwards's motorcade rolled by a lighted-up football stadium here on drizzly recent evening, he called an audible.
13. His Style Built on Charm, Edwards Hones His Edge
New York Times - Aug 27 8:09 PM
Running mates have traditionally served as the sharp-tongued point men for the men who would be president, and John Edwards's mission this past week filled that role.
14. President Bush, John Edwards both in N.M. Thursday
KRQE Albuquerque - Aug 24 8:10 AM
New Mexico's status as a battleground state will be highlighted again with upcoming visits from President Bush and Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards.
15. Edwards Has Harsh Words for Bush, Cheney
AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 27 6:01 AM
Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards took President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney to task Thursday on gay marriage, poverty, and other issues, using unusually harsh words at a forum that included undecided voters.
16. Edwards stresses economic divide
Columbia Daily Tribune - 22 minutes ago
VP hopeful speaks at St. Charles event. ST. CHARLES (AP) - America under the Bush administration is becoming a land of haves and have-nots, Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards said yesterday during a visit to the St. Louis area.
17. News
Bradenton Herald - 2 hours, 40 minutes ago
Elizabeth Edwards, wife of vice-presidential candidate John Edwards, discusses healthcare and other issues at a Tampa home while touring Florida for three days.
18. Edwards explains measured response to TV attack ads
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Aug 27 8:59 PM
Sen. John Edwards - and his largely loyalist audience in St. Charles - displayed an edgier side Friday as each shared mutual concerns about the direction of the nation and the Democratic presidential campaign.
19. Elizabeth Edwards to visit Reno
Reno Gazette-Journal - Aug 28 12:42 AM
Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, is scheduled to speak in Reno on Tuesday at an event open to the public.
20. What s in it for teens?
The Charleston Gazette - Aug 27 10:26 PM
John Edwards, Democratic nominee for the vice presidency, visited the Nitro Community Center on Aug. 21 to discuss issues facing the country. Of the approximately 500 people at the event, most were senior citizens. A few young people and special guests attended, too.

[Claire Beth]

1. The obvious reason....

that he isn't getting any coverage is THE LIBERAL MEDIA!!!! You KNOW the liberals control the media.

:kick:

[Cha]

24. I know you are right and I

know we call it the "liberal media" in quotation marks but we always just keep repeating the "liberal media". I even heard it use in quotation marks on the radio today.

I think we should find another name for it because ..the wingers call it the liberal media and we call it the "liberal media" and it just perpetuates it, imv. These people are too dense for subtlety.

I don't mean to single you out..I've just been thinking about it a lot and after hearing it on the radio today..I just want to start a campaign to call it what it really is.

The right wing facist propoganda machine aka/The Big Lie Machine!

Too much of a Hammer? }(

[rocktivity]

2. Ironically, this is exactly why Edwards was the best choice for VP

Having run for President, he already has national recognition, and therefore doesn't have to depend on mainstream media attention which he wasn't to get anyway, LOL!

But I digress--go to the DU media blaster, pick state, check the TV station box, and complain!

:headbang:
rocknation

[Minimus]

3. I know!!!! I love Edwards

I live in NC and he does me proud. Did you see this Slate article about him:

http://slate.msn.com/id/2105636/

it pissed me off!

Sorry, new here- not sure how to add link.

[spooky3]

4. welcome to DU, cliberty! Your link is fine.

[Catch22Dem]

5. Welcome to DU

And thanks for the link. Works great. Hadn't seen that article before, so a double thanks to you.

[Carolinian]

7. Chris Sullentrop (im-so-bored-whining-reporter) WTF do you

mean by this quote...

Pretty soon, when John Edwards asks, "Are we going to have a president and a vice president who actually understands what's going on in your lives? Who presents an optimistic, positive, hopeful, uplifting vision of America? Or are we going to have a campaign based on fear and lies?" you'll be praying for more fear and lies, too.


WTF: "you'll be praying for more fear and lies"
??????????????

[Cha]

26. The hell you say?!

:wtf: What a bunch of friggin wankers over there at slate.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

6. You know why.

[speedoo]

8. It was said that he's getting a lot of local coverage.

But I think the Swiftlies nonsense has been drowning everything out.

[mbali]

11. Maybe nationally, but definitely not locally

The Swift Boat story is NOT drowing out Kerry-Edwards' visits in local press. Check this out:

http://www.cleveland.com/frontpage/pdfs/thursday.pdf

Story and great picture of John Edwards on front page of Cleveland Plain Dealer - not a Swift Boat story (or even a mention) on the page.

[otohara]

9. He Is On Local TV During Visits

he's the #2 guy - our lame media isn't going to cover #2 man when there's Kobe Bryant and Scott Peterson.

He was in Denver on Thursday and got lots of local coverage.

[senseandsensibility]

10. Isn't it obvious?

There is a virtual blackout of Edwards on TV. I remember very clearly that Lieberman was regularly on cable and broadcast news this close to the election of 2000, in which the mediawhores shilled for the repukes endlessly. The difference this time is that they think that showing visuals of our very telegenic candidate (probably the most telegenic candidate since JFK) would help Kerry. So they're not going to do it. Simple, but true. They really are very easy to figure out, and not too bright or original either.:dunce:

[jackstraw45]

12. Government needs to bust up the corporate media monopolies

Meanwhile, Darth Cheney does two or three stops and gets on the news every time.

I hate the Corporate Media whores.

Only a brave government that busts the corporate media monopolies in media will restore my faith in the "Amerikan" press.

[Tom Rinaldo]

13. Also because he isn't an in your face attack dog

Edwards is working hard, and he is playing the role that I am sure the campaign wanted him on board to play. He is effective at reaching many voters in person and through local media in many swing states. It goes without saying that the National media is not kind to our side so I won't bother going there now. However what the national media is most likely to cover is perceived controversy and mud slinging. They love sarcastic sound bites, personal confrontations, and pointed accusations. Often VP's are picked based on their ability to play that role for the national media. Edwards wasn't.

[wildflower]

14. Any chance this could be a purposeful K/E strategy?

Keep him out of the spotlight for a while, then bring him back in with a bang? Wowing the viewers and voters? A few days to a week after the convention maybe?

Trying to be optimistic :)

-wildflower

[Feanorcurufinwe]

15. huh?

Why would that denial of the reality of corporate media control be an optimistic viewpoint?

:shrug:

[wildflower]

17. I meant it was an optimistic view about the campaign and

what the future holds. That maybe this blackout is part of the Kerry campaign's plan, and it will work to their advantage.

I figured maybe that is too much to hope...but I'm trying to be optimistic. I like the adage "Hope for the best, prepare for the worst."

-wildflower

[Feanorcurufinwe]

19. Well, look, the reality is the Kerry campaign would love to get lots

of coverage and publicity for Edwards, but the media isn't giving it to him, because it is in the interests of those giant corporations like Time Warner and GE to have Bush in the White House. That isn't optimistic nor pessimistic, it's a simple reality.

Now, I don't think media bias, no matter how clever, insidious or inescapable, is going to be enough. Continually telling unemployed or underpaid workers that the economy is good isn't going to work, any more than telling soldiers and their families that everything is going great in Iraq is going to work. The emperor has no clothes and the majority of Americans are going to believe their lying eyes rather than the media.

That's my version of optimism.

[wildflower]

20. I agree with you

The probable reality is that the media just isn't covering Edwards. That's why I said it was optimistic for me to suggest that perhaps the blackout is deliberate on the part of K/E.

As for media bias not being enough to convince voters, I am hoping the same.

-wildflower

[FrenchieCat]

16. The way I see it...

What the media giveth, it taketh away.

Edwards got more media than was earned prior to being chosen as VP...

Edwards now gets less media than earned after being chosen VP...

It's called media manipulation, and it happened throughout our primaries, and is still happening. Because it's so easy, it will continue.

[IronLionZion]

18. The liberal media must really hate liberals

[Dr Fate]

21. Because the "Liberal Media" is too busy "getting to the bottom" of vietnam

..service that occured over 30 years back.

You know, important stuff.

[nofanofbush]

22. So very pertinent to today...

Jesus wept.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

23. The local coverage is what's important.

Not the bloviations of a bunch of Bush-pimping assclowns on cable news. Elections are won locally; voters pay attention to what's going on in their cities, not to what Leslie Blitzer and Bob Novakula and Bill Hemorrhoid blow out their butts. If people are paying attention to Edwards locally, that's just what we need.

[bobbieinok]

25. I heard from son abt IA primaries that Kerry, Edwards, made many

local stops where voters got to see who they were

IA voters did NOT get their views of Kerry, Edwards from national media or even DMoines Register.....they got their impressions from local rallys

that's why I think the rallys of both, covered or not on CNN et al, could be the winner........there are B/C meetings but ther're not for just anyone who wants to figure out for him/herself what the candidates are like

and even if/when national media covers K/E they cut and spin

it looks like K/E are playing to their strengths, given media bias

[bushwakker]

27. JE is fighting the ground war

doing what he does best - out with the folks. who gives a fuck if judy woodruff notices.

[PATRICK]

28. Normal preference for Veep candidate

while the abnormal coverage of Cheney is due to the "newsworthy" statements he is making and recognition of his actual power.

In order for Edwards to surface he would have to do hatchet work, say for example, on the SBVFT and I am sure the campaign doesn't see his role that way.

When he does break to the top story he should be the opposite of Cheney, on a positive, populist note.

The big reporters follow the big candidates. Nothing else exists in the pecking order which enabled Kerry to slip by Dean completely under their radar. Their idiocy is not always a bad thing.