Comments on: WaPo admits pro-Obama bias

By: Trish

Trish — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:15:35 +0000

Well, no.
I understood T-Steel’s point from the beginning, and he’s wrong. The MSM don’t give the north end of a southbound rat about “firsts.” “Firsts” are merely a selling point to us poor foolish voters. They didn’t support Howard Dean because he was the first to do anything–in fact they jumped off his ship with incredible alacrity.
ANY left-wing candidate will get special treatment from the press. Period. I hope and pray that you are right–but, unfortunately, I know that you are not.

By: Great White Rat

Great White Rat — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:53:09 +0000

Trish, I think I understand T-Steel’s point, and it does make sense. You’re right that the MSM will back anyone from the left, but why not Hillary, or Kucinich, or Dodd, or any of the other equally left-wing Democrats running a year ago at this time? Why Obama? It’s because the media likes something NEW, and he was NEW if nothing else. I think that’s T-Steel’s point. Think back 4 years ago – how enthralled was the MSM with Howard Dean until he imploded? Why? Mostly, I think, because he was the first candidate to use the internet as a primary campaigning and fundraising tool. That was NEW.

If I understand T-Steel right, he’s hoping that the next black presidential candidate will NOT get special treatment from the press because the uniqueness aspect is gone, and on that point I agree with him.

One thing I’d add to T-Steel’s point about the “first effect”. To get this much media fascination and devotion, the candidate or idea must be NEW, but also LEFT. Sarah Palin was equally new, but she didn’t receive the fawning and uncritical coverage reserved for Obama, because she was NEW and RIGHT.

By: Trish

Trish — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:51:45 +0000

T-Steel–
Oh, what a crock. They don’t care about “firsts.” They wanted a socialist in office, and now they’ve got one. They play to their own biases. There will be no “just examination,” now or ever.

By: T-Steel

T-Steel — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:05:22 +0000

The “First Effect” did the media in. And this is the whole problem with historic “Firsts”: people want part in it. And they became part of it. The only thing I can take away from this that if there’s another black or “First” candidate, it won’t have “First” power and that candidate will get their just examination.

By: Public Secrets

Public Secrets — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:21:40 +0000

This is news?…

It seems like the Washington Post’s ombudsman is only now discovering what everyone knew a year ago: their coverage was mostly free of policy content and wildly skewed in favor of Barack Obama. Washington Post Ombudswoman Deborah Howell writes: The……

By: Common Sense Political Thought » Archives » Dog bites man

Common Sense Political Thought » Archives » Dog bites man — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:32:53 +0000

[...] Toldjah is amongst those with an article concerning The Washington Post’s admitted bias during the campaign: Ed Morrissey unloads this morning on WaPo ombudsman Deborah Howell’s [...]

By: Dana

Dana — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:16:05 +0000

The professional media are biased? Dog bites man.

By: DavidL

DavidL — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:25:16 +0000

The problem wasn’t so much McPain, as it was the flawed process which allowed his selection. Through I believe Florida Mitt Romney had more republican votes than McPain. It was the democrat votes allowed in the the open primary process which put McPain in the lead.

The Republican Party needs to go to exclusively closed primaries. Letting democrats select your nominee results in RINO’s like McPain.

Sarah in 12

By: Leslie

Leslie — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:59:45 +0000

Good for Deborah Howell.

By: Tregonsee

Tregonsee — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:27:11 +0000

The WaPo remains committed to the truth, but on their own schedule, and only when convenient. Recall the “Worst economy in 50 years!” mantra in 1992? The WaPo had a great article demonstrating that it was in fact a very shallow recession, with an unusually robust recovery which was already under way. It was run the day _after_ the election.

By: NC Cop

NC Cop — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:56:45 +0000

“And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’”

George Orwell, 1984