Did the M$M wag the dog on Hillary's narrow victory in NH?

[RiverStone]

Congrats to Hil supporters. 48 states to go.

Sorry for my cynicism here, but I find something really goofy about the M$M setting up expectations that Obama had a double digit lead going into NH, then spending a huge percentage of political air time yesterday talking about Clinton's "emotional moment".

Then tonight, tout her narrow lead in NH as some kind of amazing comeback!???

I can't escape the triangulation that exists between Hillary, corporations, and the media. How easy was it to set up unrealistically high expectations for Obama and emphasize that in the M$M reporting? The real scenario could have been (and maybe was) that Obama has been close all along in NH, and ONLY lost in NH by 2-3%!!! What a surprise when just a month ago people were talking a Hillary blow out in NH! Look how Obama is surprising all the pundits by coming in so close!

These exact same results could be been spun very, very differently. :think:

[Fearless]

1. Big picture...

2% is a virtual tie. NH does not represent the rest of the nation. If preception can be held positive, then Obama can use this even as a catapult. Remember weeks ago, NH was a LOCK for HILLARY not Obama. This is an accomplishment not a loss.

[progressivebydesign]

2. God.. is there a fucking virus here tonight? What's with the BS tin foil/sour grapes? n/t

[RiverStone]

3. Win or lose, the media gives HRC a very...

Disproportionate amount of free air time.

I'm amazed at how they are choosing to label her narrow win tonight as a HUGE comeback.

In reality, the race was far closer then any of the pundits had been blabbering about for the past 9-10 months. Where's that story?

Sour grapes, a little. Tin hat - nope. I really do believe the corporate M$M spins the message to pay the bills.

The GOOD NEWS - a hell of a lot more folks voted DEM in NH then rethug - thats great news how ever one spins it! :hi:

[Freddie Stubbs]

4. The big story isn't the margin; its that she was expected to lose by a solid margin

Dog bites man: no story

Man bites dog: story

[RiverStone]

7. She was expected to lose for the past 4 days,,,

She was expected to blow out Obama in NH for the past 8 months!

What happened to that story? :shrug:

[Freddie Stubbs]

8. The same thing happened with McCain

His win was not as big of a story, despite the fact that only a few weeks ago his campaign was considered DOA.

[deacon]

9. Excellent point. n/t

[madrchsod]

5. no- what they did was marginalize edwards

there is very little difference between obama and edwards but someone has to go for the msm to have a neatly packaged race of the nomination. they decided the money shot is obama v clinton ...it`s all about selling soap to the networks.

[lonestarnot]

6. Beats me.