The media are in the back pocket of Obama, and don’t even try to hide it anymore.
Chris Mathews openly asked for his marching orders during the 2012 campaign. He was openly critical of the president’s first debate performance of 2012, as if he personally felt let down by the president’s efforts in that debate. Mathews is supposed to be covering the news, not openly rooting for one side.
And we all remember “Gay Marriage Week”, don’t we? I couldn’t believe how the media fell all over themselves, when Obama came out for homosexual marriage. They did puff pieces on Obama and his decision for an entire week.
Not so. Mathews is a "commentator", a la Sean Hannity. They are free to adopt a partisan viewpoint.
News "reporters" are the ones who must remain objective and non-partisan.