Posted on 10/23/2008 6:23:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Media analyst Bob Knight is questioning the Obama campaign's decision to sell Chicago election night coverage packages to news outlets.
Chicago Sun-Times columnist Lynn Sweet notes the Obama campaign is planning to charge reporters $935 for a package that includes access to a heated file tent, power, cable TV, Internet, and food. The cheapest place a reporter could stand on a riser with a view is $880. Members of the media will also be charged $300 for an unlimited long distance phone line and $275 for high-speed wired Internet.
According to Sweet, "This is an outrageous pay-to-play plan that caters to national elite outlets with deep pockets." Bob Knight, director of the Culture and Media Institute, agrees.
"Some folks might feel that this shows that Obama doesn't believe in a free press, but one he would charge for," he says, chuckling. "Really, it's kind of funny because the media have done so much to boost his candidacy that you'd think the least he could do is give them a few hors d'oeuvres on the night of his coronation, if he is elected."
Knight says the Obama campaign's "pay-to-play plan" is unprecedented. "In all my years as a reporter and editor, I have never heard of anything like that," he shares, "and I just asked a colleague at a major newspaper if he had [ever heard of such a thing] and he said, 'No.' He finds it very strange."
The media analyst doubts the major media will care about the pricey election night packages because, as he puts it, they "love Obama" and "have deep pockets."
The flaks..er.. press have cleared the way for Obama. He should be giving them free passes.
JUST BELIEVE FOLKS....WE'RE GOING TO WIN!
The media will have front row seats to a historic defeat.
It will be worth the price of admission to see 0bama cry.
I just hope he doesn’t use the opportunity to launch a race war.
This story reminds me of the false rumors the Republicans planted after it was revealed that Hillary Clinton made a $99K profit in the cattle futures market. People should have acclaimed Hillary for her genius at making money in her spare time. Instead Republican presstitutes planted false rumors that Hillary had "inside" information that enabled her to be a good capitalist.
In one breath the Republicans bitch about Senator Obama being a socialist and in the next breath they bitch about the profits he will make on election night. When will the Republicans' unbearable hypocrisy ever end?
I thought you were a legend or a rumor. You really exist?
I truly hope so, because this POS doesn’t dseserve to be a dog catcher
The media, if they had any brains, should be able to read a lot into this. It tells what Obama is all about - arrogance, power, etc. Shape of things to come if he is elected.
She said they were all busy planning what they were going to do to the country. We're so used to hearing them all say what they are going to do for the country if he won. That really got my attention.
OBomber an wife besides being Marxist just seem to be a pair of 24k gold plated assholes
Crawl back under your rock for another four years!
Do you vote in Murrysvile? If so you have an opportunity to see me turning out good Democratic voters for Barack Obama on election day.
Are you OK?
Hillary was allowed to make trades from an account that only held $1,000 but the trades were for much more. The man advising her was an outside consultant for Tyson Foods (hence the inside cattle connection). Hillary was granted unethical favoritism considering her position as First Lady of Arkansas and Tyson Foods’ position as a corporation in Arkansas.
Obama is selling access to himself which, upon acceptance of the outcome of the election (should he be elected) where he becomes a servant of the American people, is unethical. If anything, the United States Treasury should receive the money from his exhibition.
‘good’ Democratic voters? Ohhh...those must be the kind that died recently enough to still be on the voter rolls...
We’re taking your state this year. All your states are belong to us.
No. They are complaining because B.Hussein Obama hasn't obtained a business license. /s
I was thinking the same thing. Perhaps we could pool money and send a Freeper with a long telephoto lens to get some great close shots of Obama after his humiliating defeat....perhaps also a few of angry Michele as she blames whitey for the loss.
I vote tommorrow in Fort Worth and the visible Obama supporters will be few and far between, I assure you!
I propose that the left take New England, most of the Mid-Atlantic states, Northern California, Oregon and Washington State and join Canada, and we’ll keep the rest. Deal?
The Obamessiah should charge mediascum outlets $1 million apiece. He’s letting them off way too lightly. After all, it’s not every year we get to see the annointing of an Obamessiah.
Fortunately, I think there is still a very good chance that Obambi/Biden will crash and burn on Nov. 4. If that happens be sure to be around here MM...... you will need to learn from FReepers the real facts of life...... we would not want to think you are incapable of taking the medicine you will need so badly.
If the worst happens and somehow the Obamessiah and his babbling drooling sidekick manage to lie, cheat, steal, and bamboozle their way to the WH, I promise to spend at least a few minutes visiting your KosFreaks asylum, just to see what psychosis is all about. Actually, I will drop in at Kos either way, win or lose, b/c I know that the inmates there will be unique entertainment.
I know the guy is being sarcastic, but there's more truth to what he said that I'll bet he'd like to admit.
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