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Always To The Right on Saturday, August 30, 2008 2:18:08 AM
The biggest surprise of the Democratic convention? The spectacle of
journalists applauding Barack Obama's acceptance speech. OK, maybe not
the biggest surprise. But certainly one of the biggest disgraces.
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Andy Barr reported on The Hill's blog that "several members of the
media were seen cheering and clapping for" Obama as he accepted the
Democratic nomination Thursday.
"Dozens of men and women wearing green media floor passes chanted
along with the crowd," Barr also noted, adding that "two members of the
foreign press exchanged opportunities to take each other's picture
while wearing an Obama hat and waving a flag" while "several others
nearby screamed 'woo' during some of Obama's biggest applause lines."
Barr did not name names, but he didn't have to. Who can forget
MSNBC's Chris Matthews gushing about "this thrill going up my leg" and
the "feeling most people get when they hear Barack Obama's speech"?
On Thursday night, Keith Olbermann, also of MSNBC, lashed out at an
Associated Press reporter because he wasn't pleased with his coverage
of Obama's speech. According to the trade journal Editor &
Publisher, Olbermann "was outraged that the AP's (Charles) Babington
had written, in his analysis of the speech, just off the wire, that
Obama had tried nothing new and that his speech was lacking in
specifics."
Olbermann finished his tirade by insisting that Babington "find a new line of work."
The we-must-get-Obama-elected agenda isn't limited to a couple of TV personalities. The bias runs the media gamut.
So the response to Thursday's historic speech really comes as no
surprise. It's quite clear the national media are focused singularly on
ensuring that Barack Obama is coronated on Jan. 20, 2009.