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1-05-08
Media Ignores Edwards Victory
Kevin Morgan
All of the attention on the 1st and 3rd place Dem winners, and none on the guy who beat Hillary? Edwards performance in Iowa is the story that Big Media loves to ignore. In fact, the media ignoring Edwards is part of what makes his story so interesting.
He beat Hillary after all the press going to her and Obama and with a fraction of the money. He is the only candidate with an agenda for the middle class and his people were the most enthusiastic in the primary. It is remarkable that he is not mentioned in a single headline on the front page of today's Washington Post. Not in the NYT's, the LA Times ... nowhere.
When Big Media does mention Edwards he is portrayed as angry. They would like it to look as if he were out of control instead of passionate about the beating the middle class is taking. It is the same thing they did to Howard Dean.
Edwards sincerity is proven to me by the fact that he has been consistent in his populist message. The cost to him was becoming the ire of corporate media. They don't want a president that would give tax breaks to the middle and make the fat cats pay their fair share. Little wonder why the middle class is ignored. Our representatives don't need to concern themselves with us because Big Media makes sure we are shut out of the debate. If a candidate shows up who talks about the midle class concerns, they are ignored.
If people heard Edwards' message they would vote for him. Proof of this is that he beat out Hillary. That was the story in Iowa.
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