Democratic Underground - The Bulworth Factor

Dean, of course, isn't the wild "leftist" enemy of society portrayed by the media, either. He is a proven fiscal conservative. He has supported the gun lobby. He has repeatedly interrupted his own campaign so he could fly to Vermont to attend his son's ball games. But when it comes to discussing these characteristics of the candidate, it's as though Tom Ridge's duct tape has been plastered across the mouths of every anchorperson, reporter and commentator in America.

The result of all of this labeling, selective reporting, and consumer ignorance is that the media-and the Democratic Party-can now call Howard Dean "unelectable." If he is unelectable, it is only because the establishment media made him that way, knowing that Democratic voters-like Republican voters-have little interest in learning the facts.