Impact of 60 Minutes - coverage of tell-all

#1
volinbham

volinbham

VN GURU
Joined
Oct 21, 2004
Messages
69,150
Likes
60,210
#1
Will the 60 Minutes coverage of the WH tell-all book about cyncism towards the religious right have much impact on republican voter turn-out?

What is 60 Minutes planning to air in October 2008?
 
#2
#2
Hey...the guy who wrote the book worked in the Bush WH. Fault someone in the family for doing this NOT some left wing conspiracy.
 
#3
#3
I'm not faulting a left wing conspiracy...

Just throwing out an issue for discussion. Will it have an impact and is it coincidental that CBS has another negative October story against the incumbent during an election year?

Could be a coincidence, could be any story against incumbents is a "good" story, could be CBS going against the GOP or could be something else.
 
#4
#4
volinbham said:
I'm not faulting a left wing conspiracy...

Just throwing out an issue for discussion. Will it have an impact and is it coincidental that CBS has another negative October story against the incumbent during an election year?

Could be a coincidence, could be any story against incumbents is a "good" story, could be CBS going against the GOP or could be something else.
Click to expand...

This was a media synergy issue more than anything else. Simon and Schuster wanted to sell books and picked the most opportune time to do so.
 
#5
#5
I'd buy that - I'm sure the publishers have a very short sales window and look for the best time. Wonder how hard they pushed news agencies to do stories on the book to boost sales?
 
#6
#6
volinbham said:
Wonder how hard they pushed news agencies to do stories on the book to boost sales?
Click to expand...

They probably didn't have to push 60 minutes real hard since CBS owns Simon and Schuster. :question:
 
#7
#7
Take the election out and the formula is still the same. Any time a controversial book comes out against anyone in power it gets press. It still goes back to the root of this where the book itself was written and released by a evangelical Christian conservative that worked in the Bush White House.
 
#8
#8
The election gives the story more impact. I would assume that the publisher did time the release just as they would the Woodward book to maximize the interest.

With a post-election release, both these books would have much less PR potential.
 
#9
#9
I wonder how many evangelical Christians actually watch 60 Minutes. In that regard, I doubt it will have much impact. However, since this book wasn't released in a bubble, it could affect voter turnout. The question is whether the people most affected by this book will vote at all since I don't see very many evangelicals voting for pro-choice candidates.
 
#10
#10
That's the point. Evangelicals are usually grouped in the single issue or just social issue column. Give them scraps as incentives and they show up in droves to vote. Piss them off and they usually stay home.

In all of the candidate speeches in the tight races, listen to the words. You'd think Gay Al, Queer Eye, and RuPaul were taking over the country if the Dems win. In order to turn out that element, the candidates have been instructed to play up this gay rights, gay marriage, abortion mantra. Most of these candidates aren't even touching Iraq or Bush, once deemed the strongest points. They've diverted to some secondary issues to ensure as many voters as possible are energized.

A book like this topped with the appointment of the gay ambassador on AIDS issues doesn't bode well for appealing to the Religious Right. When you have Condoleeza Rice introducing a new ambassador who is gay, his partner, and his partner's mom (introduced as the mother-in-law), these evangelicals begin questioning if the GOP is all talk.
 
#11
#11
The GOP as a whole is not anti-gay. There certainly are anti-gay elements within it though. Finally, being against gay marriage is not that same as being anti-gay. Whether or not evangelicals or fundamentalists buy into the distinction is another issue.
 
#14
#14
OWB said:
Maybe not, but that's not the way the world them sees the GOP.
Click to expand...

I thought the dems were supposed to be open-minded, tolerant and accepting of each person's diversity and uniqueness. Hard to imagine they would negatively stereotype an entire group of people :whistling:
 
#16
#16
Well the most gay unfriendly members of Congress have some of their highest staff members as openly gay. Add Rice's comments on the AIDS Ambassador's partner and mother-in-law definitely puts a crimper on the WH position of gay marriage.

It's funny to see some of the family groups now demanding that the GOP oust the 'gay agenda' taking over the party...whatever that is.
 
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.

VN Store



Back
Top