[FoRK] Is Media playing favorites?

[Sat N]

>
> "The network set rules to narrow the field. Candidates had to meet at
> least one of three criteria: place first through fourth in Iowa, poll
> 5 percent or higher in one of the last four major New Hampshire
> surveys, or poll 5 percent or higher in one of the last four major
> national surveys."
>
> They have to narrow the field _SOMEHOW_, and those criteria don't seem
> particularly weird or biased.
>

And who does and/or sponsors these national surveys? Media companies.....

On a related note, some great news coming out of Democrats... Hillary
might drop out of the race ( unconfirmed rumor, reported by a
conservative news source, but exciting nonetheless ).

http://www.drudgereport.com/flashhn.htm

TALK OF HILLARY EXIT ENGULFS CAMPAIGNS
Mon Jan 07 2008 09:46:28 ET

Facing a double-digit defeat in New Hampshire, a sudden collapse in
national polls and an expected fund-raising drought, Senator Hillary
Clinton is preparing for a tough decision: Does she get out of the
race? And when?!

"She can't take multiple double-digit losses in New Hampshire, South
Carolina and Nevada," laments one top campaign insider to the DRUDGE
REPORT. "If she gets too badly embarrassed, it will really harm her.
She doesn't want the Clinton brand to be damaged with
back-to-back-to-back defeats."

Meanwhile, Democrat hopeful John Edwards has confided to senior staff
that he is staying in the race because Hillary "could soon be out."

"Her money is going to dry up," Edwards confided, a top source said
Monday morning.

MORE

Key players in Clinton's inner circle are said to be split. James
Carville is urging her to fight it out through at least February and
Super Tuesday, where she has a shot at thwarting Barack Obama in a big
state.

"She did not work this hard to get out after one state! All this talk
is nonsense," said one top adviser.

But others close to the former first lady now see no possible road to
victory, sources claim.

Developing...

[The dramatic reversal of fortunes has left the media establishment
stunned and racing to keep up with fast-moving changes.

In its final poll before Iowa, CNN showed Clinton with a two-point
lead over Obama. Editorial decisions were being made based on an
understanding the Democratic primary race would be close, explained a
network executive.]