http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/3467/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/media-reality-check/cruising-past-cruzs-racial-controversies <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Bustamante May Be Leading, But Networks Stay Focused on Arnold&#039;s Raunchy Magazine Comments </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/tim-graham">Tim Graham</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-attach"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/sites/default/files/documents/fax0917.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1118759" title="fax0917.pdf">Formatted PDF Version</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p> When then-Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott disastrously touted the segregationist presidential candidacy of Strom Thurmond, the media frenzy started slowly, then erupted until the GOP dumped Lott from the leadership. <i> Newsweek</i> reporter Martha Brant conceded the media's ardor on CNBC: "We're now, in the media, going to give this thing steam. The Democrats may not even need to fan the flames of this." </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/media-reality-check/cruising-past-cruzs-racial-controversies" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Media Reality Check News Analysis Division bustamante kauffman reporter student Wed, 17 Sep 2003 04:00:00 +0000 admin 2807 at http://archive2.mrc.org