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The Age Of ObamalotJeff Goldstein muses on just how deeply the MSM is in the tank for the Dems this year: This is not hyperbole: a free society relies on a free press to inform. That the mainstream press leans demonstrably left is not the problem in and of itself; the problem arises when that demonstrable bias is given cover as "objective," and when those who believe they are basing their support for a candidate or platform on objective reporting are in effect doing no such thing, but are rather being coaxed, prodded, directed, and manipulated -- in everything from what comes to count as newsworthy to, in cases like these, shoddy reporting (which may or may not be intentional), the effect of which is to leave those who rely on the media literally less informed than had the media reported nothing at all. As he says, the problem is not the bias per se, but the ongoing denial of it, to us and (perhaps) themselves. [Update a while later] Tony Blankley writes about The Man Who Never Was: ...worse than all the unfair and distorted reporting and image projecting are the shocking gaps in Obama's life that are not reported at all. The major media simply have not reported on Obama's two years at New York's Columbia University, where, among other things, he lived a mere quarter-mile from former terrorist Bill Ayers. Later, they both ended up as neighbors and associates in Chicago. Obama denies more than a passing relationship with Ayers. Should the media be curious? In only two weeks, the media have focused on all the colleges Gov. Palin has attended, her husband's driving habits 20 years ago, and the close criticism of the political opponents Gov. Palin had when she was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. But in two years, they haven't bothered to see how close Obama was with the terrorist Ayers. We'll just have to bypass them. I'm counting on the 527s to do it. 0 TrackBacksListed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: The Age Of Obamalot. TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.transterrestrial.com/admin/mt-tb.cgi/10339 7 CommentsLeave a comment
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I agree.
Here's a good example:
http://www.campaignmoney.org/pressroom/2008/09/24/davis-freddie-mac
That link doesn't make the point you think it does, Anonymous Troll.
How about finding some other blog on which to beclown yourself? But I guess you don't mind beclowning yourself, because (as usual) you're an anonymous coward.
Actually, anonymous' link does make the case. intentionally or not, I don't know.
"Campaign Money Watch" although claiming to be a "nonpartisan campaign finance watchdog group" is actually a left wing propaganda group/website, financed by well heeled liberals. It's an accomplice of the left wing media, creating propaganda for the media to lap up and then distribute.
I have no problem with the press asking tough even rude questions....as long as they treat both candidates the same or even reasonably close to the same, or even in the same zip code, shoot I'll settle for the same time zone.
Rand, I really think you've got Axelrod operatives astroturfing your blog. They're paid to do this, all day, with a nice checklist from Obama headquarters on what links to post and what talking points to assert. It's not worth your time and energy -- or ours -- to debate robots. Just delete them and ban the IP. You'll know when someone serious turns up to offer debate and his own original thought.
Are you serious?
Until they realised they were being stone walled the media here have been pussy cats compared to their equivalents in the British media.
You guys don't know what a partisan media looks like, seriously.
You don't have one.
Obama lived a "mere" quarter mile from Ayers in NYC?
Let's see. In my townhouse development here in Seabrook, Maryland within a quarter mile of me live hundreds of people I haven't ever seen, much less met.
I've actually attended Columbia University in NYC. The population density is quite high in NYC. You live a quarter mile from all sorts of people.
Ayers and Obama have a major difference in age. It's reasonable that they would not have even known each other in NYC.
Perhaps there was a connection. I want more proof, though, than this
As far as Obama trolls (I'm sure some exist), I seriously doubt a campaign organized effort to pollute this website. There are better things to do.
Yes, the media do need major improvement. It's amazing the things that do get reported there -- and the things that do not.