NYT: Wowing Heartland, Bush Finds Warmth Missing From Beltway

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"You can see a smooth landing at the Dubuque Regional Airport," the anchorman, Scott Sanborn, said in a slightly hushed tone. "There is a lot of anticipation in Dubuque for the president's visit today."

That was putting it mildly. On local television and radio and in the main newspaper here, Mr. Bush's stop in this Mississippi River town, part of his three-day bus tour, has scored blanket coverage for days, much of it downright giddy.

It was a happy welcome for Mr. Bush's campaign team, particularly at a time when his administration was under siege over abuses of American-held prisoners in Iraq. True, he had to address Iraq, but it was hardly the center of attention. And that was, of course, largely what the president's "Yes, America Can" bus tour was meant to do.

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Still, news directors and editors said they did what they could to counter Mr. Bush's campaign spin. Mr. Cooper pointed to a front-page article on Tuesday in which a 77-year-old World War II veteran complained he was refused a ticket to Mr. Bush's speech because he admitted to local organizers he would not support Mr. Bush. The newspaper tempered its coverage on Friday with an editorial referring to his claims that said, "It is disappointing that Americans had to pass a political litmus test to see their commander in chief."

On television, correspondents at all the major stations covering Mr. Bush's speech at the Grand River Center, on the banks of the Mississippi River here, took pains to remind viewers, "This is a very staged setting," as Mr. Steele of Channel 7 did. The later editions of the newscasts included reports about protests.

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:wtf:

Endless Republican rimjobbing 24/7...

On television, correspondents at all the major stations covering Mr. Bush's speech at the Grand River Center, on the banks of the Mississippi River here, took pains to remind viewers, "This is a very staged setting," as Mr. Steele of Channel 7 did. The later editions of the newscasts included reports about protests.



Excellent!

Hated in the Heartland Express coming through beep beep!

Let's just say, there might have been a problem with the brakes.

There are millions in the heartland that hate Bush as much as we do.

This is the NYT being the mediawhore.

from the cited article:

On television, correspondents at all the major stations covering Mr. Bush's speech at the Grand River Center, on the banks of the Mississippi River here, took pains to remind viewers, "This is a very staged setting,"

If it were up to me, the publisher and editor of that paper (and many other corporate propaganda media machines), would be frog marched out of their offices, and give a little of the same treatment the Iraqi prisoners were getting. THAT, would be justice served for traitors like these.

maybe they`ll check in about this tomorrow

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It was all staged.