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Originally posted by GaGaFan
That's the most roundabout answer I've heard in a while, and I do debate so I hear a lot of those. The bias of any news station (Fox, MSNBC, What have you) is inextricably linked to what the reporters want the public to hear.
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You're acting as if it's the media who tried to make the "Big Bird" comment into something big, when that's not how it happened. The second Romney made that Big Bird comment, Twitterverse was on it. Fake accounts like @FiredBigBird quickly gained a following, and #SaveBigBird was trending for days. That is the
general public's immediate reaction to hearing Romney's comment. The
general public's reaction was so strong that news stations reported all of the various comments and photoshops and Twitter accounts and whatnot that people made of it. THe
general public's reaction was so strong that the Obama camp decided to capitalize on it and make that Big Bird ad. If Twitterverse hadn't exploded like it did when he made that comment and the general public didn't show an interest, neither the media or the Obama camp would be talking about it.
Simple as that. There's no "roundabout" about it.