Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Our Broken Media, Cont'd.

Yesterday's press conference with President Obama highlighted the strange obsessions of the mainstream media, which is trying it's best to adjust to right-wing criticism of bias toward Obama. You can predict the questions to be asked by scanning right-wing blog sites, which echo Rethuglican talking points of the day. They are almost always tangential to the concerns of the public or substantive policy.

The Associated Press' Ron Fournier, who was once offered a job with the McNasty campaign for his loyalty, is dwelling on a right-wing topic du jour: Obama's use of the teleprompter. Why is this a right-wing obsession? Perhaps they're trying to question the President's intellect or communication skills. Well, after Dumbya, any score above 1 in those categories would win.

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