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Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after voting in Chappaqua, N.Y. on Tuesday, Nov 7, 2006. Clinton is running against Republican challenger John Spencer, a former mayor of Yonkers.
MRC President Brent Bozell appeared with other conservative leaders at the National Press Club this morning to urge that the Republican Party respond to their election defeat by returning to their conservative Reaganite roots. During his remarks, Bozell lambasted the national media’s biased campaign coverage, blasting them as “a laughingstock when it comes to the idea of objective journalism.”
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In the press conference televised live on C-SPAN, Bozell listed the missed opportunities and strategic errors made by the Republicans, then focused on the media’s hand in crafting yesterday’s outcome:
“And then they [the Republicans] had the problem with the national press. I will say this unequivocally: In 25 years of looking at the national media, I have never in my life seen a more one-sided, distorted, vicious presentation of news and non-news by the national press.
But Andrea Mitchell toned down his optimism, saying the Senate was still racist if Harold Ford loses.
Virginia Democratic candidate for Senate Jim Webb answers reporters' questions after a campaign rally at Virginia Union University in Richmond, November 2, 2006. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)