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Is Howard Dean Really Michelle Bachmann's Role Model?

.&Nbsp; Jonathan Martin's points seemed to make some sense in a very campaigny superficial kind of way, but the true nature of these two campaigns could not be more opposite.  To give credit, Martin included a quote from Joe Trippi who said, in effect, "yeah, but we actually built our movement from the ground up, we didn't have it handed to us on a silver platter."  But other than that, the article exemplifies how most of our media operates - missing the true essence and complexities of events and stories, and instead focusing on the most superficial aspects.

The second to last straw was when I received a suggestion by a smart progressive friend who I respect that we change the Steve King "He Said What?" widget on Blog for Iowa to a Michelle Bachmann "She Said What?" widget. To which I replied, why would we do that?  Crazy Steve King is after all, an Iowa congressman who is now being challenged by a very formidable Democratic opponent with name recognition and money and everything, for the first time ever.  In contrast, Michelle Bachmann's campaign is simply the current bright shiny object that gives the mass media something to write and talk about because they don't do actual investigative reporting anymore.  Here's how it works: The mediocracy picks a narrative they like. Next, they run it into the ground talking about it endlessly. Then they invent reasons to justify why they continue to talk about something so trivial. When they hit the jackpot in the process of making something trivial seem important, it actually achieves importance because after all, now everyone's talking about it! It is most ironic when they are deriding someone for doing something just for the media attention. So, how do they choose a topic? A good narrative is one that allows the media to build  more narratives on top of the original topic. In the case of Michele Bachmann's migraines, for example, they can roll out experts on past presidential health issues, medical experts on migraines, pundits from the left and right to discuss various aspects of the "issue", feminists to discuss whether or not it is sexist, campaign strategists giving advice, and on and on.  Always there is an element in a good mass media narrative that triggers some sort of emotional reactivity in us (the masses).

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