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Friends,
Burgess Owens, as we are realizing, is the real deal. A black
man raised in the segregated south, Owens’ high school experience
was like a real-life version of the Disney film “Remember the
Titans.” Forced to fight, all while dealing with prejudice
and bigotry of his white counterparts, Burgess eventually earned
their respect. He later played with the NFL, where some of his most
ardent opponents are now his biggest allies.
But, Owens’ journey didn’t stop there. His life has since been an
incredible journey of successes and failures that have helped those
around him, taught him valuable lessons, and made him the success
that he is. McAdams’ story -- Ivy League school, white-shoe
law firm, election victory after election victory while climbing
the political ladder of success -- well, it simply couldn’t be more
different from Owens’s story.
And Owens is still fighting an uphill battle, even today. He
is still fighting an onslaught of attacks, not in the segregated
south, but right here in Utah, funded by Nancy Pelosi. And
while he fights, his opponent receives the privilege of what we
call media “puff pieces.”
In fact, a report released yesterday by the Media Research Center
(MRC) followed the local coverage of the Owens/McAdams race during
the last 10 weeks, and shows us a textbook example of what it looks
like for a media outlet to try to subtly “tilt” the election in
favor of their preferred candidate.
MRC analyzed all of its stories about the 4th Congressional
District during the last 10 weeks, and found that McAdams essentially
enjoyed “10 weeks of one-sided favorable coverage.” It also
found that while there it had “essentially no negative topics”
about the Democrat, there were many stories referencing negative
topics about the Republican, Burgess Owens.
More disturbing, not only were there no negative stories about
McAdams, they found “an assortment of positive stories which
reinforced his campaign themes of independence and service on
behalf of Utahns.”
If that statement doesn’t make you angry, perhaps you didn’t read
it carefully. Let me repeat it: MRC said that the
coverage of McAdams consisted of “positive stories which reinforced
his campaign themes.”
This makes my job even more difficult. But as conservatives, we are
used to this battle. And here in Utah, it’s the same battle.
Owens’ life is frightening to Democrats like Pelosi, because he has
done the one thing Democrats fear most from someone like him:
succeed.
And yesterday’s new report simply tells us what we already
know: we simply cannot rely on the media to help Utahns get
to know the real Burgess Owens. They are more than happy to
highlight his failures. But they will never tell us about his
successes.
In short, we need your help. Please donate so we can counter these
nonstop attacks on a good man--a man whose life is truly the
American dream, and who is exactly the kind of person we need in
Congress.
Derek Brown
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