[...] There's a consensus among the media that the war was a mistake from the beginning and that Bush's handling of it has been inept. I share that view. As a result -- and also because Iraq stories get terrible ratings - Thursday's elections were all but ignored in cable news and under-covered in print.He goes on to quote someone else as saying:
If Bush ends up being right about Iraq, it will be through luck and accident and God's grace, not through any skillful calculation of his own. Success there will make him a great president the way Powerball makes crackheads rich: they have the money to show for it, but they're not fooling anyone.Talk about a no-win situation! If things go badly, it's all Bush's Fault. If they turn out well then Bush had nothing to do with it.
One big question is how much of this feeds on itself? How much of Carlson's opinion is based on biased coverage? How much does his bias color his own reporting?
This is what conservatives have been complaining about for years but the press seldom admits it. Instead they insist that their training keeps them impartial. Here's an insider who says otherwise.
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