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The MSM Trying to get in Obama's Head
Greg Sargent, over at TPM, catches the MSM red-handed not only reducing our most important decision to mere a mere horserace, but also trying to slip roid-rage drugs into it. (Sargent also apologizes for buying it at first when the piece ran yesterday and piling on).
Seems a reporter kept trying to bait Obama into going off on Bill Clinton ("Is he getting in your head? Why don't you answer the question?," etc.). When Joe Cool kept his cool and ABC didn't get the news it was trying to create, they created it anyway, National Enquirer-style. Check out their use of words like "the Senator shot back," "said angrily," and so on, and then check out the video of the actual encounter at TPM.
Right about now would be a good time for a reporter—oh say that one—to get fired. It's shameful. And, man, does Obama have class.
Comments
"does Obama have class."
No doubt, all first class and lots of it.
If he can answer attacks with such grace he will surely do well in both the primaries and the general election.
People do notice when someone is both right and righteous.
Posted by: capt on 01/23/08 at 11:35 AM Respond
ABC will continue to do what it does because just like Fox, it can. There's no watchdog.
Posted by: Paul on 01/23/08 at 12:08 PM Respond
Shameless, but the reporter deserves less blame than the editor. They had the video and they STILL ran the story. I tend to believe reporters try to scrape up whatever story they can, and it's the editors job to tell them when they're crap.
Posted by: dnA on 01/23/08 at 4:27 PM Respond
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