NYT’s Friedman:‘Way too soon to tell’if media blew it vettingObama the candidate

Daily Caller ^ | 8/21/11 | Jeff Poor

[Nachum]

During the 2008 presidential election season, many Americans were captivated by then-candidate Barack Obama’s promises of hope and change. And some would argue that much of the media were taken in by the promises too. Nearly three years into the Obama presidency, is it fair to say the media were duped? On Sunday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” host Howard Kurtz asked New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman just that question. According to Friedman, the jury is still out.

[Nachum]

Braniac

[Maceman]

Spelling counts when you question someone else’s intelligence.

[Cheetahcat]

"many Americans were captivated"

Only Idiots!

[RVN Airplane Driver]

How big of a piss elm club does that fool Friedman have to be hit in the head with to figure out the obvious?

[icanhasbailout]

Nearly three years into the Obama presidency, is it fair to say the media were duped?

How can a willing - nay, eager - co-conspirator be duped?

[aquila48]

Fresh material for John!

[txhurl]

Oh, they blew him nationwide and collectively alright.. and didn’t spit.

[Logical me]

Nothing is going to change the minds of the communists MSM. If they were reasonable they could easily see that King Obama is a communists black Muslim and wants to destroy America.

[Lakeshark]

The man is delusional if he thinks the jury is still out.

He can write well, but his ideas are just plain stupid and have been for a long time.

[no dems]

I think he needs a second term so we can have time to evaluate this more accurately.

(/s)

[Maceman]

“I think if — look, what have I been calling for, you know, the president to have — I think there is, we just so desperately needed a grand bargain that involves restructuring of debt, raising of taxes, cutting of spending and investing in the sources of our strengths as a country from everything from infrastructure to government-funded research to education. It’s so clear that’s what we need. My personal frustration with Obama has been that while he certainly tried that grand bargain for a little bit, it just kind of went away. Well, it didn’t on the work. He said [House Speaker John] Boehner backed out. I don’t know who backed out.”

Well said, Thomas. Wait. . . what?

[Rodm]

The Liberal Media and Obama believe the same ideology. The Lamestreammedia always give dems a pass.

[oneolcop]

The fact that someone of Friedman's status as a "golden boy" among those who consider themselves the elite is even hinting at it means that they already know the answer. They are loath to admit they were on the koolaide truck, but they know they were

[nascarnation]

So Friedman is Baraq’s golfing partner.

Interesting......

In 2008 the top MSM investigative teams were assigned to look at Joe the plumber’s trade license, and the DNA of Palin’s Down Syndrome child. The hard hitting analysis definitely helped America make the correct choice (in Friedman’s world, anyway).

[avital2]

i wonder if Friedman’s golf game is better than his very bad judgment and his very unoriginal thinking.....

[Jonty30]

The title implies a narrative change, and hope.

Now somebody in the MSM is implying that perhaps Obama wasn’t eligible.

The fact that somebody in the MSM is even bringing it up as a possibility also implies that there is also a strong undercurrent of Obama’s performance.

It brings up the possibility that somebody of influence might start to check it out and somebody might be going to jail.

[Ronin]

Duped? Hell! He didn’t even have to ask. They did it for him.

[SkyDancer]

Actually in retrospect it’s all Bush’s fault. If Bush hadn’t been president there wouldn’t have been any need for someone like Obama for the media to worship and get elected. But then of course there was the electorate who drank that Kool-Aid.

[GotMojo]

The idiot so much as acknowledged that they blew it. I get the sense they have their fingers crossed that he pulls a rabbit out of his butt.

[crosshairs]

When did the media EVER do any vetting of the Islamic terrorist that currently occupies the WH?