The AP Style Guide on Defending Barack Obama

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[GVnana]

The Associated Press editors tasked in-house “writer” Phillip Elliott to write an article that dispels the “rumors and outright lies” concerning Barack Obama and the perception that Mr. Obama’s support of Israel is questionable. The product of that task is what you’d expect from any number of left leaning story tellers in the mainstream media who write about Obama as opposed to journalists, reporters and political observers that actually take the time to research, study and honestly discuss that which they have found.

Elliott took no time setting up the Obama defense from the first sentence, stating that “Barack Obama has a solid Senate record in support of Israel”. The rest of the article is essentially an exercise in repetition; repackaging the most often repeated excuses in defense of a man that inexplicably spent 20 years in a church listening to the controversial and dogmatic sermons of his pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Wright honored noted Jew hater Louis Farrakhan and traveled with the Nation of Islam leader to visit Libya’s Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi. You know Qadhafi, he’s the megalomaniacal leader of Libya that instituted Sharia Law and expelled most all the Jews from his country while simultaneously destroying all their cemeteries. A real humanitarian and man of the people, IN HELL!

So perhaps the Jewish community has a reason to question Barack Obama on this issue considering that his teacher of faith is so aligned. But not if his supporters in the press have it their way. They have a casual way of making excuses for Mr. Obama, taking him at his word; not tasking him for who he associates with as they would others, but explaining away questionable relationships by asking a fleeting question and then convulsively nodding in unison ...

[geo40xyz]

"Defend Barack Obama!!!"

[GVnana]

For every criticism that anyone dare have about Barack Obama there is a cadre of willing “writers” and talking heads in the mainstream media that are waiting to provide a defense and make excuses. The one thing they are not doing though is answering the questions of his critics. Instead they play a shell game of avoid the answer. Which got me to thinking. I see a pattern emerging here and have decided to write it up as I would imagine it would be written up as a guide in AP Journalism 1o1.

The following is my 4 step AP Style Guide on Defending Barack Obama. For my examples I use excerpts from Associated Press writer Phillip Elliott in his recent article, Obama Tries to Allay Jewish Concerns. All comments surrounded by parenthesis in bold are mine for demonstration purposes.

A must-read for media junkies!

[HerrBlucher]

The MSM is fellating Obama even more than I thought they would.........they really are presstitutes aren’t they?

What a major clusterf*.....bwahahahahahahahahaha!

[geo40xyz]

Obama's outlook:-()

[geo40xyz]

Be warned:-()

[Texas Songwriter]

I do believe Rev. Wright crapped in Mr.O’Bama’s punch bowl.

[JCG]

The AP Style Guide on Defending Barack Obama

Here, AP, defend this...

 

Obama: Man of the World
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Published: March 6, 2007

Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to
prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that
seemed delightfully uncalculated [...], Mr. Obama described the
call to prayer as "one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at
sunset."
http://select.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/opinion/06kristof.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
http://nevadathunder.com/?p=3626




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[GVnana]

Our biggest mistake since World War II has been a lack of sensitivity to other people’s nationalism, from Vietnam to Iraq.

Holy Moly!! That article is even worse.

We truly need a primer on this "Obama Journalism." Looks like it's here to stay.

[yldstrk]

Haave you noticed how now it’sthe “former” pastor? What a fraud.