I think we can all agree now that claims of media favoritism toward Obama are laughable

[Cali_Democrat]

Have you turned on the tube lately? I recommend you don't, but if you do it's non-stop Obama bashing. The bashing is relentless and it's 24/7. Wright, Ayers, flag pins, bitter comments, you name it. The media is throwing the kitchen sink at Obama.

I always like to think back to the days when Hillary and her supporters claimed that the media was anti-Hillary. Of course this was after the media declared her the inevitable candidate for about a year :eyes:

The media was never really in the tank for Obama. They were simply reporting on the new phenomenon that was Obama and this angered Hillary and her supporters. I mean who knew that a black man could do what Obama had been doing?

Hillary's supporters often said Obama was being treated with kid gloves by the media. Hillary's main beef was that she was asked the first question far too often and the media should provide a pillow for Obama. Poor Hillary. Obama was absolutely savaged in the last debate.

Now look at what's going on. Fox News' agenda is now to bury Barack Obama. Obama is being completely savaged by all the news networks. All the conservative pundits on TV and in the press are in the tank for Hillary. Obama is being relentlessly attacked for being "unable to appeal to blue-collar whites." Of course Hillary is having her own problems with appeal or she wouldn't be losing. I could go on and on.

Just think back to the days when Hillary supports claimed there was a pro-Obama media.

:rofl:

[lligrd]

1. Always Were And Hillary's Tales Never Fooled Me nt

[Jackpine Radical]

2. I think the media are intent on prolonging the agony

and damaging the Democrats as much as possible by November. Their simple strategy is to attack whichever candidate is on top, knock that one down, and then turn on the other. That way they get to inflict maximum damage to both before the Convention, and then after the nominee is decided, they go after the survivor, all the while building McCain.

[cliffordu]

7. Yep!

[Art_from_Ark]

22. The media play the role of "Buttercup"

"Why do you build me up, (build me up), Buttercup, baby
Just to let me down
And mess me around?"

[Jackpine Radical]

33. Jeez, it never hit me before, but that's the Borderline Song...

it perfectly describes the Borderline Personality Disorder, one of the traits of which is the rapid alternate idealization and devaluation of significant others.

[Triana]

29. and a lot of stupid people watch them & believe the crap and so they get magnificent ratings too n/t

[leftstreet]

3. I can't watch any of it. It's back to the Food channel for me!

Somebody pm me when the Rev's 15 minutes are up.

[Cali_Democrat]

10. I love the food channel!!

[leftstreet]

13. I won't hear about Rev Wright unless he shows up on Iron Chef America

[Cali_Democrat]

28. LOL

:rofl:

[2rth2pwr]

4. If Wright quit while was ahead on Sunday, they would still be praising the man.

[Political Heretic]

5. The media favors themselves. Sometimes that benefits Obama, sometimes Clinton

There are no doubt individual pundits who have their own bias and opinion, but overall the one thing you can count on in the mainstream media is for it to be self-serving. They have no particular loyalty to anyone. Whatever is most sensational, whatever generates the most faux-controversy, whatever will generate the most ratings - that is what they are going to go with.

People don't understand that Clinton is often more of a story because, in lieu of any other sensational news the default story is the story of this person who seems to be the odds underdog to take the nomination, who many (not all, not majority) feel has already lost who continues to stay in the fight. If roles were reversed, and Obama was in Clinton's position, coverage of him would be largely the same. Not identical, but similar.

On the other hand, if Obama enjoys any slight advantage in the media, it only comes from being the new kid on the block, and a very talented kid at that. However, I think most reasonable people will agree with me when I say that the advantage he may have gotten early from his "newness" has largely evaporated as the media becomes "used" to Obama. So we are back to a situation where the media basically covers stories according to whatever serves their own interest at the time.

[jasmine621]

6. Not really. They tried their best to pump him up and give him all kinds of passes.

It's not their fault Rev. Wright was his pastor, that Obama lied about many of the facts involved in this debacle, that Obama decided that his charm would be enough to get him through thism, that holding on to that black voting block by not dissing Wright in the beginning was more important than integrity. The media did all they could while attacking Bill and Hillary on every hand. But it wasn't enough. The next shoe will drop concerning the Rezko thingy.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

12. Y'know, if you get your wish, and Obama is run off.

You are going to be STUNNED to see what they do to your candidate. Mark Rich. Norman Hsu. Ron Burkle. Bill's various zipper extravaganzas.

You are going to be crying into your beer.

And I will say. I told you so!

Welcome to the world of being a Democrat.

The media always screws us. And that means you too.

[sandnsea]

15. And that's only a quarter of it

I'm tired of trying to tell these fools that she has a semi-truck load of baggage that hasn't even been seen, let alone rifled through. They have to make up scandals on Obama, that's how clean he is. If they cared anything at all about this country, they'd be able to see that in an instant.

[Zhade]

24. All they have to do is run the Tuzla video 24/7. It's undeniable proof she's an unrepentant liar!

NT!

[Yossariant]

8. What they gave him with one hand, they're taking away with the other.

Welcome to reality-based politics, Obama followers.

[splat]

11. They gave it to him ("phenom!") but he actually took it away himself

Flying leap off that pedestal...

[Cali_Democrat]

14. Himself?

The media criticism has nothing to do with anything Obama did himself. It has to do with what people around Obama said.

[splat]

21. It's not what life throws at you, it's how you handle it

[jobycom]

9. We've always said they would turn on him when he had the nomination wrapped up.

So maybe the media thinks he does.

[AndyTiedye]

16. The MSM (ALL OF IT) is in the Tank for McCAIN!

Make no mistake about the real loyalties of the MSM, which are with the Repiglickins!

[Triana]

30. They're owned by corprats/republicans (ie: the plutocracy)

they will OBLITERATE anyone who threatens their power structure - the status quo.

[Ichingcarpenter]

17. The media says nothing about the crimes against this nation and humanity

Perpetuated by their Republican Corporate overlords.


They will not relax on Democrats, this is just one battle in the war.

[Cali_Democrat]

20. I hope the Dems win in November and then hopefully we can tear down the corporate-media

The first thing we need to do is repeal the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Why Bill? Why did you sign that terrible legislation?

[Ichingcarpenter]

27. The corporate grip is tightening as they are being called out by the masses

The new administration needs to add 5 new positions to the Supreme court
otherwise it is useless. They can do this with a majority in the Senate, house and
executive branch.

[C_U_L8R]

18. I've stopped watching for the moment

and hope others do.
May their ratings plummet for spewing such distortions.

[still_one]

19. Its going to be interesting if people care more for jobs, their kids education

getting out of Iraq, the economy, the environment, healthcare, homelessness, social security, medicare, supreme court judges, OR

bullshit. We will know very shortly if Americans have finally learned their lessons, or want to continue to vote against their own interests

[leeman67]

23. True, but I think the media is intent upon destroying the Democrats..

in general. Obama's getting it now because he's the front-runner. If Hillary overtakes him they'll be back to unleashing hell fire on her again. One thing is 100% certain: whoever is he nominee will be swiftboated, slandered, lied about, and belittled like no candidate before them. We can only hope that the voters are smarter than the media gives them credit for. I'm not optimistic.

[Kitty Herder]

25. That's the truth!! nt

[MrSlayer]

26. Build em up to break em down.

Not unlike the Don Henley song "Dirty Laundry".

[Awsi Dooger]

31. It was blatant favoritism of Obama during the pivotal months

And that won't even be debated, years from now, regardless of the outcome of the general election. Right now there's predictable paranoia over recency, and we're not competent enough to remember what was on the other side of the fence we just scaled. But eventually books will be written, some concessions of media members, and devastating stats compiled. Not much different than viewing a football game the second time around, minus the slantboard impact of a feverish rooting interest when the outcome was still in doubt.

Wag terms like The Obama Network never threaten to exist if there's not plenty of truth to it.

[chill_wind]

32. Until they seriously noticed he might have a chance.

And that he hadn't seemed to notice and grovel deferentially to who was really in charge.

[QC]

34. For months, they thought he shat pink ice cream. They couldn't get enought of him.

Then, once he became the apparent nominee, as if on cue, they turned on him.

No one who knows anything about the corporate media can claim to be surprised by this. It's the usual script, and they followed it meticulously.

[TheDudeAbides]

35. Difficult for Press to NOT cover Obama right now...

Obama and Wright are driving the attention of the press right now.
How can one not show up with a camera when Wright steps up at press conferences, etc and makes such controversial statements?
Obama and his friends are the ones creating ALL of this drama.
Stop blaming everyone else!

[SeaLyons]

36. The media is picking our President...

They play one dem against the other, spin the news night after night, and public eats it up.

Think for yourself!!!

[TragedyandHope]

37. Kick for Truth!

But I'm not laughing.

:kick: