Posted on 07/17/2008 7:53:09 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
Senator Barack Obama usually draws a gaggle of reporters around with him, but on his first overseas trip as a presidential candidate, he will be accompanied by high-profile media stars.
The anchors of all three US television networks, ABC's Charlie Gibson, CBS's Katie Couric and NBC's Brian Williams, are to interview Obama during his trip through five countries in Middle East and Europe.
In what is already shaping up as a major media extravaganza, the Obama camp has been bombarded with requests from at least 200 reporters desperate to land interviews on board his plane.
The extraordinary coverage planned for the trip reflects the public's fascination with Mr Obama, the first black presidential nominee for major political party and a relative newcomer to the international stage.
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McCain aide Jill Hazelbaker was sharper in her criticism, saying
"Lets drop the pretence that this is a fact-finding trip and call it what it is: the first of its kind campaign rally overseas".
However the risk of being accompanied by high-profile anchors and bright television spotlights means that should Obama makes a gaffe, it would give McCain an opening to attack.
In March when McCain was visiting Amman, Jordan, he publicly and mistakenly accused Iran of backing the Sunni extremist group al Qaeda in Iraq.
Obama also showed his ability to dominate news coverage during the Democratic primary campaign when Hillary Clinton complained of the soft treatment meted out to her rival, while she was subjected to tough questions.
He has also featured on Time and Newsweek covers 12 times in the past three years, compared with just five for McCain.
This follows reports that Barack Obama's campaign has raised raised $52m (£26m) in June, his second highest monthly total and more than double the $22m raised by his rival McCain.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
The media will create a long running FREE commercial for B. Hussein O. that will cast him in the best possible light using staged photo ops all along the way. Rumor has it that he will be prompted to feed a multitude using only loaves and fish.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
That is the problem, in their blindness the MSM thinks they are balanced, without bias (even though 90% of the MSM media votes Democrat). That is why the Fairness Doctrine will never apply to them, because they believe themselves to always be fair. They are delusional.
Newsweek should drop all pretenses and just announce that the mag is now called Obamaweek.
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I think this is good since it will be harder for Bambi to cover up the huge gaffs he’ll make and also the more you see this arrogant a**clown the more people get turned off.
It will all be edited.
Don’t be such a damn defeatist. Youtube, Rush, Hannity, and other sources keep that from being invisible.
I got this sneaking feeling that everything that could be known about the O-Man isn’t known yet.
And if it sees the light of day, or hell, the dark of night, before the election, he’s a haz ben.
I’m shocked, I tell ya, SHOCKED, that the media would drop their darling McCain and go out with that “other guy”. Why, the NERVE!
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