Once again, proof of my assertion that they are more upset with losing their monopoly power than their jobs.
Yep.
The Obama candidacy was like a gift presented on a golden platter to the nation's newspapers and their alleged "investigative journalists". They could have had front page exposes on Dumbo's associations with the terrorist William Ayers and his wife; stories about his "community organizing" days; something (anything!) about his early life and influences; serious investigation into his Kenyan roots, atheist mother, early schooling in Indonesia (was he raised a Muslim?), and his college days.
Was Dumbo really born in Hawaii, and why is he working so hard to keep his birth certificate from public scrutiny?
What about that drug use he admitted to in his autobiography? Was it more extensive than he would want people to believe? (Maybe they could have dug up some friends and associates from that time?) What were Dumbo's true connections to Rahm Emanuel, Rod Blogojevich, and the rest of Chicago's political mobsters and their corrupt machine?
And of course, there was the Reverend Wright...
But the newspapers ignored - - no, they spiked - - any reporting that could conceivably have a negative impact on their candidate, leaving the discussions about all these topics to...
...the internet, cable news pundits, and talk radio.
It was as if the newspapers were trying to commit suicide. Clearly, the most important thing to them was to get their candidate elected even if they died trying. And maybe they did.
...Which is fine with me. Good riddance to bad garbage.