Saturday, October 25, 2008

Where the media went wrong

I was wondering, but didn't think there was a real answer. And then I read this, with the link posted at www.heartkeepercommonroom.blogspot.com. Wow. Well, that explains it.

Here is a sample:

Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not one of those people who think the media has been too hard on, say, Gov. Palin, by rushing reportorial SWAT teams to Alaska to rifle through her garbage. This is the Big Leagues, and if she wants to suit up and take the field, then Gov. Palin better be ready to play. The few instances where I think the press has gone too far - such as the Times reporter talking to Cindy McCain’s daughter’s MySpace friends - can easily be solved with a few newsroom smackdowns and temporary repostings to the Omaha Bureau.

No, what I object to (and I think most other Americans do as well) is the lack of equivalent hardball coverage of the other side - or worse, actively serving as attack dogs for Senators Obama and Biden. If the current polls are correct, we are about to elect as President of the United States a man who is essentially a cipher, who has left almost no paper trail, seems to have few friends (that at least will talk) and has entire years missing out of his biography. That isn’t Sen. Obama’s fault: his job is to put his best face forward. No, it is the traditional media’s fault, for it alone (unlike the alternative media) has had the resources to cover this story properly, and has systematically refused to do so.


But now that Pandora's Box is open, how do we shut it?

1 comment:

  1. This sounds spot-on to me. I have no idea who Biden is really, but have heard a ton about Palin. Partly because I am more interested in her, but also partly because she is the one people have talked about.

    And seriously . . . why are people comparing Obama and Palin anyways, beyond a cursory overview?

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