In a remarkable bit of understatement, Barack Obama strolled to the reporters in his plane the day before the election to thank them. "You guys have been gracious and understanding. It's been a good long ride with all of you. Whatever happens tomorrow it's going to be extraordinary and you guys have shared this process with us."No kidding.
Whether it was drolling over his "soaring oratory," completely ignoring his innumerable gaffes and contradictions, refusing to cover his scandalous associations and murky history, helping him sell a distorted record to the public, or savaging Sarah Palin, the mainstream press were indeed "gracious" to Obama...and then some.
Even the public is in on the sellout. Yesterday's Rasmussen poll showed 51% of voters believe reporters tried to help Barack Obama win the presidency. 31% thought the press were unbiased. (They must be the ones without TVs.) And those die-hard leftists who actually believe the press were positive to John McCain? 7%. (Somebody give them back their meds, will you?)
Oh yes, here's another indication of press bias that slipped out yesterday. We've all heard the examples given about how the numbers of positive news stories, photos on magazine covers, etc. were much, much higher for Obama than McCain. But we now learn that so too was the price tab for reporters traveling with the candidates. Media organizations spent $4.4 million to travel with Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin. A tidy sum. But those same organizations paid more than double ($9.6 million) to cover the travel expenses of the gangs they sent along with the Obama campaign.
The press hated George W. Bush so much (he's too indifferent to their opinions, too pro-life, too Texan) that they dedicated themselves to putting in the most anti-Bush candidate that was available. And they did just that, but selling out themselves (and the country) in the process.
