The news media has devoted significantly more attention to the Democrat since Hillary Clinton suspended her campaign and left a two-person contest for the presidency between Obama and Republican John McCain, according to research conducted by the Project for Excellence in Journalism.
News executives say there are reasons for the disparity, such as the continuing story about whether Clinton and Obama’s supporters can reconcile. They even partly blame McCain. By criticizing Obama for a lack of foreign policy experience, McCain raised the stakes for Obama’s trip, “especially if he winds up going in to two war zones,” said Paul Friedman, senior vice president of CBS News.
McCain’s group have been whining about this since they both became the presumptive nominees. McCain says he cannot catch a break and that Obama is getting all the press. A study done by George Mason University confirms that Obama is getting more press coverage, but that is not as good news as one would expect. It seems that the coverage of Obama is in the neighborhood of 70% negative. Yes, he, Pbama, is getting the press, but only about 15% of it is positive coverage.
Will the McCain people stop whining and move on now? Maybe they should consider that the darling of the 2000 elections, McCain, would get more coverage if he had more to say than “the surge is working” or that the candidate is flipping and flopping just as badly as Obama. Or maybe the campaign could cease the “poor pitiful me” angle. They are starting to look desperate and pathetic.
The media’s continual bias towards Obama is not only disgusing, it’s against everything that America … and, Freedom of Speech stands for. To suggest that there is no media bias in favor of Obama insults the intelligence of the American people. TALK IS CHEAP … CHECK OBAMA’S RECORD !!!
A candidate’s track record, and associations are always a legitimate issue when running for President. Let’s take a look at the qualifications, judgement, and experience of Obama, who is running for President. Obama had 25 years to fulfill the potential he displayed as a rising start at Harvard Law School … and, how did he live up to that potential? … He chose to align himself with anti-American racist, Jeremiah Wright for TWENTY YEARS … along with Ferrahkan, Rezko, Ayers, and others. As a community organizer, he registered thousands of voters in Chicago … then, when he ran for the state legislature, he took away their votes, by disqualifying his opponent (a black woman) on a technicality. As a U.S. Senator, he voted present 160 times … he never called a meeting on the Afghanistan committee he chaired (although he NOW says we must shift all our military from Iraq to Afghanistan). He claimed Foreign Policy experience from a 9 day whirlwind photo op to 6 countries. And, he spent almost half of his tenure neglecting his responsibilities as a U.S. Senator, so he could run for President. Senator McCain served America honorably for 22 years in the military. He proved his love for America, as well as his honor, integrity and character, by refusing early release as a P.O.W., even while being tortured. He served America as a ‘contributing’ U.S. Senator, working across the aisle, for 20 years. If Obama’s Twentyfive year track record shows he lacks judgement, and can’t be trusted, who cares what he says about Health Care and the Economy! What Obama never learned is Character. He simply can’t be trusted … ask Jeremiah Wright, a friend of 20 years, who Obama betrayed for personal ambition … and, you Obama supporters really think he won’t betray you If he gets elected??? If he gets elected, you Obama supporters will be facing a HUGE disillusionment !!!
Hello Howard and thanx for the comment–first let me say I am NOT a supporter of Obama….the media wants drama and will play that point to get it. The Palin debate shows that. Guilt by association has always bothered me…my father is a screaming racist, but that logic I should be also, just not true. McCain..military service means he was a soldier…POW is an awgul tghing anyone has to endure but again that is not one of the qualifications to be president.
Both of these mean are flip-floppers and that shows me a lack of character. They both will do what is necessary to win the election, that is not character.
As always, no matter who is elected the American people will be sadly mistaken.