The Media’s Obama Love Affair
Media Monitor | By Andy Selepak | January 15, 2007
The first thing that must be said is that, true to form, reporters are acting like Democrats, which they probably are.
It seems that many in our media want to elect Senator Barack Hussein Obama as president. In fact, the October 23, 2006 issue of Time magazine ran a cover story with Obama's picture and the headline, "Why Barack Obama Could Be The Next President." In another edition, Time magazine named Obama one of "the world's most influential people," and included him on a list of 20 "Leaders and Revolutionaries." What's behind the media hype?
The first thing that must be said is that, true to form, reporters are acting like Democrats, which they probably are. After Obama won the Democratic nomination for Senator in 2004, one of Obama's opponents in the primary, Illinois' Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, called him "The Tiger Woods of the Democratic Party." The love affair for Obama even extends to the senior Senator from Illinois, Dick Durbin, who started an online petition urging Obama to run for President. It is posted on Durbin's campaign website. Like a schoolgirl with a crush, Durbin starts his "Run, Barack, Run!" message with, "As many of you may know, I'm a huge Barack Obama fan." But having Durbin in his camp may not be the best thing going. After all, Durbin was forced to apologize for smearing U.S. personnel as murderers and torturers. Perhaps his judgment on Obama is similarly flawed.
Together, the Democrats and their media allies have created a kind of hysteria. A recent Associated Press story awarded Obama "rock star-like status" after his meeting with former Pepsi spokesman and rapper/actor Ludacris. The two actually have a lot in common as both have won Grammy Awards. Obama won the Grammy in 2006 for Best Spoken Word Album for the audio book version of his autobiography Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.
But even with the media's and Democratic Party's infatuation with Obama, shouldn't the future leader of the free world and president of the most powerful nation on Earth have a little more experience than being a freshman Senator from Illinois and a Grammy winner? The U.S. has elected very few people directly from the Senate to the White House; most recently John F. Kennedy. Kennedy was a decorated World War II veteran, a three-term U.S. Congressman, and was serving in his second term in the Senate when he was elected in 1960. By the 2008 election, Obama would not even have finished his first term as a US Senator.
There is a lot we still don't know about Obama, other than the media's anointing of him as the savior for the Democratic Party and the country.
Here's what is in the public record: Prior to being elected to the U.S. Senate, Obama served seven years in the Illinois state Senate, made an unsuccessful campaign for a U.S. House of Representatives seat in 2000 (losing the Democratic primary to a former Black Panther), and wrote an autobiography, a book about his political positions, and a children's book.
Some say that Obama is a charismatic speaker; others disagree, saying he comes across as flat. He did receive praise for his keynote address at the 2004 Democratic national convention even before becoming a U.S. Senator. But that praise came mostly from Democrats.
So what we know is that the junior Senator from Illinois has received accolades from the media and has many star-studded supporters, including actor George Clooney, who appears on the Senator's website while Obama speaks "about the crisis in Darfur."
If we are to believe Clooney, Obama wants to save the poor people in Darfur from a tyrannical Islamic regime in the Sudan. But does the Senator want to save the people of Iraq from a similar fate? We'll take a look at Obama's confusing position on this important matter in a future broadcast.
Andy Selepak, a writer at Accuracy in Media, is the author of the study, New Evidence of Liberal Media Bias, published as an AIM Report. He can be reached at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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Wow, I had no idea how pervasive the “bedwetter” meme had become. Good, wingnuts have been calling liberals pussies for years, let’s see how they like a dose of their own medicine.
I’m a fan of all the Obama love coming from the media. 236.com had a really funny comment on how even the people on McCain’s campaign must adore Barack. The whole feature is actually great—http://www.236.com/news/2008/07/24/if_they_imd_barack_obama_and_t_2_7906.php.
Obama sure has come a long way since this article, and the media still has a love affair with him !
I am so disgusted with the Liberal Media! Hussein Obama is a radical Muslim acting as a Christian.
Has American voters forgotten 9/11. People like Hussien Obama killed U.S. citizens.
Wake up pipe dream, lazy, no facts, uninformed Americans.
Do you want the U.S. to be run by the Koran??
Just one point, Hussein is not any part of Obama’s name, your Master John McCain has already openly admitted he was lying about this.
If you keep this way, that proves two things:
Either you are either brain dead, or a stubborn liar.
Either way, you suck.
“There is a lot we still don’t know about Obama, other than the media’s anointing of him as the savior for the Democratic Party and the country”.
This is definitely a good point. Not that I a against Obama, I just think there is much more to know about him.
Considering that the media is non-stop Obama friendly very annoying to hear “...uhhhhh uhhh well let me answer your question uhhh… ”
I agree with you Susan. I’m sick of his voice. All that speech and no substance.
The media has completely brain washed the american people. I don’t care if he’s black or what his name is, what I care about is what he will do for this country. People that want to “save the trees” vote for Obama even though he won’t save lives. What i mean is he is going to legalize abortion. Also he is going to rob the American people from their hard earned dollar and give it to people that don’t deserve it bacause that is the “the way it should be”. Well if this country was “the way it should be” then the media would have done their job and this guy would have never even had a chance.
hello mates!! Obama came up with lots of expectations. How his dreams comes real. I completely agree with susane said that the non-stop Obama friendly very annoying to hear.
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Rihanna, i agree with you. Can you please tell me the reason why Obama is not saying anything about Isreal Palestine war??
Yeah well Obama is letting Hillary take care of the Pali Israeli conflict at the moment. Go figure.
Obama certainly deserves much praise for the way he has fought out of chains of prejudice and race and he deserves every single bit of praise that he is getting now
Obama has fought, how exactly? A black man who was willing to crack a book means what. He has had doors opened to him his whole career. Many with equal qualifications were not given consideration at Harvard and nurtured to set a new standard by white guilt. Todays blacks are babied and it isn’t making them stronger but dependent. Still.
He is still a comminity organizer, on the road selling snake oil. Leaving Washington (Pelosi and Reid) to “run the country” into the ground. Pushing Stimulooting legislation through that no one has read but the composers: the reciepients
Watch the Prison Break: Prejudice? Are you kidding? Social justice = a level playing field. When a better team is handicaped, so an inferior team has equal chance is not justice. It is injustice.
I’m a tournament pool player. I have never sharpened my game or truthfully enjoyed it, to play someone not of my calibre. Winning or even loosing against the best in the house is what brings satisfaction. Having a game thrown to me is an insult.
It’s true that media persons have a love towars Obama. But, even I like Obama. I like the way he does things. Being non-white, he succeeded in his campaign to become the president of the US. It’s nice to know that racism has been diminishing now. One example in Obama.
“I am so disgusted with the Liberal Media! Hussein Obama is a radical Muslim acting as a Christian.
Has American voters forgotten 9/11. People like Hussien Obama killed U.S. citizens.
Wake up pipe dream, lazy, no facts, uninformed Americans.
Do you want the U.S. to be run by the Koran?? “
How do you know for sure that Muslims even did that horrible thing on 9/11?? Have you even seen loose change? http://tinyurl.com/dlpwr7
There is so much evidence that it was all planned by the American government!
Obama is a good president who has earned his position.
Whoever said something about 9/11 and Obama, Barrack isn’t terrorist. He jus thas the same name. Are you that stupid to think about people just by seeing their names?
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Whoever said something about 9/11 and Obama, Barrack isn’t terrorist. He jus thas the same name. Are you that stupid to think about people just by seeing their names?
Oh Sam, I don’t know how I can help someone so simple minded. Reasonable people aren’t accusing him of disloyalty to the country because of his name, it’s his philosophy and behavior, specifically disrespect to our allies and shmoozing our enemies. As of this date, the Taliban is on the move. They know Obama is weak and will not restrain them.
Very funny reading this story a couple years later. Now look at what’s happened!! I lol at the comments people were making at the time. Face it people, things are great now. Go Obama go!!
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Remember that Obama is half white even though the mainstained media calls him black. Reverend Wright did go overboard but on most of the issues he was pretty much right on. It’‘s too bad the American sheeple have been so dumbed down they don’‘t even remember history.