The flap over John Kerry insulting the intelligence of US troops in Iraq is roaring through the media--even the traditionally liberal MSM have had to agree that the Massachusetts senator made a huge mistake. NBC's Tim Russert, a former Democratic staffer, said on Nightly News Tuesday night that Kerry's fellow Democrats were "not very pleased" with Kerry. And over on ABC, George Stephanopoulos, who served Democrats both on Capitol Hill and in the White House, went further, offering this vivid quote from an unnamed Democratic Congressman on the alphabet network's Tuesday night broadcast: "I guess Kerry wasn't content blowing 2004, now he wants to blow 2006, too." Even the BBC, not exactly a hotbed of opposition to liberals and Democrats, labeled Kerry's words a "surprise gift" to Republicans.
So is anybody in the media going to stick up for Kerry? Well, Kerry should give thanks for CNN, which went to bat for him on Tuesday. As recorded and analyzed by NewsBuster Noel Sheppard in a blog-post bluntly headlined, "CNN Shills for Sen. Kerry," Ed Henry, Kyra Phillips, and Andrea Koppell all went out of their way to plead Kerry's case. Concludes Sheppard, "Can you imagine a Republican making statements such as this right before an election, and CNN helping to explain it so?" Well no, I can't imagine CNN helping Republicans--and nobody else can, either.
