Posted on 02/07/2019 9:57:13 PM PST by LibWhacker
The drastic difference between mainstream media coverage of President Trump’s recent State of the Union address and those delivered by President Barack Obama appears to represent another instance of imbalance.
Praise for the Obama-era addresses was often glowing with positivity. In 2009, then-MSNBC host Keith Olbermann called Obama’s speech “forceful” and “energized,” before tossing it to colleague Rachel Maddow. She, in turn, called the address “a fascinating balance of combative and reconciling.”
That same evening, Chris Matthews called it a feel-good speech,” asking potential critics, “How do you come out against feeling good?”
ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos compared Obama’s 2010 State of the Union to the kind of rousing remarks delivered by The Gipper himself.
“What I saw there is the president not being contrite like Bill Clinton in 1995, much more defiant, more like Ronald Reagan in 1983,” Stephanopoulos said.
Pundit Jon Meachum was also a fan, telling Stephanopoulos that Obama’s address hit the reset button “with a feisty presentation.” Over at CNN, meanwhile, Gloria Borger called the 2010 address “smartly written,” claiming it appealed to everybody.
“It had a little bit of everything in it for every party,” Borger said.
By 2011, MSNBC’s Matthews was calling Obama’s address “a Jack Kennedy speech,” which is about the highest praise a far-left pundit can offer.
“It wasn`t divisive. It wasn`t combative. It wasn`t social Democratic,” Matthews said of that year's address. “It was about the country and its capability of meeting historic challenges again and again and again. He was saying, we`ve done it before. We will do it again.”
Obama’s addresses from 2012 through 2016 received similar praise.
But the mainstream media seemed to take a different tack when it came to Trump’s address on Tuesday night, though polling suggested his remarks' had viewers' approval.
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Non crazy media and no investigation Trump at 70. I just hope he starts bending a few over the oval desk and paddles a few
Nobody takes them serious anymore.
Hussein’s SOTUs were never covered with “fact checking” either.
And seriously, who actually Hussein’s glittering gobbledygook and cheap suit double-talk seriously?
Hussein was nothing more than the Prince of Platitudes.
President Trump’s SOTU address was fantastic and I never believe anything from a leftist. I only watch or read leftists to gain valuable intelligence to use against them in this ‘cool’ civil war we are currently in against them.
JoMa
Fox can count themselves in that too, they gave negatives to the speech too.
I can’t honestly judge any of Zero’s speeches
Well, in their defense, they were amazed that the stuttering idiot could even deliver a speech.
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