Posted on 06/19/2008 6:35:53 AM PDT by SE Mom
The Chicago press mostly overlooked Obama’s worst scandals, instead griping about the trivial.
Chicago papers, radio, and television haven’t been hagiographic in their coverage of local-rising-star-turned-Democratic-nominee Barack Obama. They dug deep into Obama’s real-estate dealings with developer/felon Tony Rezko, and provided gavel-to-gavel coverage of Rezko’s trial.
But if one were to assemble a list of the revelations that have most damaged Obama’s efforts to win the presidency, two at or near the top would be the video of Obama’s pastor, Jeremiah Wright; and Obama’s long, working relationship with William Ayers, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and founder of the radical Weathermen domestic terror group, which planted bombs in public buildings.
Somehow those scandals — involving high-profile Chicago figures — were broken by national news organizations like ABC News and the Politico. In fact, when Obama’s connection to Ayers received real scrutiny from the national press, local columnists offered “so what?” reactions, insisting the relationship was “no big deal.” The Chicago Tribune’s editorial board insisted that Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn (his wife and fellow former Weatherman) “have done good work in Chicago.”
Former Tribune reporter David Mendell offers an interesting overview of Obama’s career-long relationship with the press in Obama: From Promise To Power. There are prickly moments, occasional stories that aren’t flattering to the senator, and (once in a great while) mountainous controversies made out of molehill-level misdeeds on Obama’s part. But for the most part the Chicago media were charmed by Obama’s considerable charisma, and acted more like Obama Girl than like Woodward and Bernstein.
(Excerpt) Read more at article.nationalreview.com ...
Unbelievable- Obama asks a reporter if what he said in the past should be fair game now...
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Obama complained to Mendell, “Is that good reporting, good journalism — to take something I said months ago and print it now?” Obama seemed incredulous that a Democratic senator’s criticism of the man who would become the party’s nominee would be newsworthy.
If Obama somehow got the idea that a candidate’s comments have an expiration date, it would explain a great deal of his behavior on the campaign trail.
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Chicago Press is in the tank for Obammy.
What a surprise. The media has their lips surgically attached to Obama's anus. It isnn't likely that they'll be critical of their darling or his prize of a wife (gets into one of the best schools in the USA and gets a $380,000 a year sinecure because of her color and political connections and America is "mean" to her)
Yep.
I want to know why 3 gays were murdered in seperate incidents - all from his church - execution style.
It was a despicable act by cowardly media types who shamelessly sabotaged the election. The local television station was WLS-TV, Chicago's ABC affiliate.
I am still convinced that Obama’s birth record is incomplete. Why don’t we know what hospital he was born in? why aren’t there any baby pictures from the nursery? Wy does his grandmother in Kenya say he was born there? His birth certificate has the serial number blacked out. Why?
I’m sorry to keep drilling this point, but has anyone pursued this? The only account of his being born in Hawaii is from his book.
There has to be a well-financed organization created to get the truth out about sinister, corrupt politicians including the Messiah and his racist, antisemitic wife. It’s obvious the media is out to destroy America in conjunction with Congressional Liberals/RINO’s. If America is to survive this Marxist/Soros onslaught, Americans, that love their country and those that want to preserve freedom for their children and grandchildren, have to expose the truth. Our brave military is defending us in the Middle East; it is up to us to defend America at home. It has become painfully obvious that we have many organized enemies in DC and many Americans totally clueless. Exposure is what Marxist Liberals fear the most.
There is something there. I’m hoping somebody will investigate and it will blow.
His grandmother actually said he was born in Kenya? Directly or did she imply he was?
I tend to think he was born in Hawaii. Surely the media- and they aren’t ALL Obama-friendly..would have dug that up by now.
How do we do this with all the press in the tank for Obama?
If Larry Sinclair weren’t in the middle of this, it might be something. The guy strikes me as somewhat delusional and he’s a laughingstock now- which gives him NO credibility.
Please don’t post from that whackjob site. Thanks.
Simple. Appeal to their greed. As you know the MSM, particularly print media, is bleeding to death. Just convince some editor-in-chief that this story on the Messiah could very well be their redeemer.
Start our own press and take out ads or put the truth up on billboards all over America.
If someone asked you to PROVE that you were born in the USA, there would be paper flying. Birth Certificate (an original), Hospital records, eye witnesses, photographs, etc etc etc. The are rumors flying around on this, and the only thiing we get is something from Daily Kos. The whole thing is fishy. Everyone is accepting that BC as genuine.
What hospital was he born in. Having the birth records of that hospital would end this debate. Can someone in the MSM please ask him to tell us, what hospital he was born in?
As did Angela Davis out in Kalifornicate? Angela lied, people died?
Not sure, but think Berserkly is her academic hideout these days....
All good questions. Obama’s ‘fight the smears’ site uses the same birth certificate as the one on Daily Kos.
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