Please read what I said and not try to turn it into a straw man, OK? I agreed that the press has been softer on Obama than they have been on Hillary. (With good reason IMO, but maybe that's just me). What I disagreed with was your statement that they have given him a free ride.
>I find it amazing you didn't see anything. It was practically everywhere. Even Dian Sawyer addressed it (I recommend the first link - it has quite a few interesting stats):
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"Have all of us in the media used boxing gloves on Clinton and kid gloves on Obama? Have we been unfair?" ABCs Diane Sawyer , addressing the press bias issue that emerged with a vengeance last week.>
>I'm not going to post all the obvious quotes and references and stories (mainstream where it was everywhere), but here are some interesting articles:
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http://journalism.org/node/10004>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/02/AR2008030202476.html>
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/623825/top_five_reasons_obama_gets_free_pass.html>
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/12/obamas_free_media_pass.html>
http://media.www.cm->life.com/media/storage/paper906/news/2008/02/20/Voices/Obama.Gets.Free.Pass.From.Media-3220800.shtml
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http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977265296>
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=24245>
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>>I have not seen anyone say they have given Obama a "free ride." This Rezko business has been overblown, if anything. Some journalists have admitted they have been softer on Obama, or at least were for a time, because they like him so much more than Hillary. In Hillary they see the same old cynical power politics, just in a pantsuit.
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>>>Now it's time to step back and look honestly at the media and the campaign Mike. All of the major news services have admitted and pointed out that the media as a whole has given Obama a free ride. In comparison, Hilary was given a much harder time by the media. That has even been on most news broadcasts recently admitting it. Everyone is wondering if the media will finally get tough on Obama now that the race is so close. I listened to CBS, ABC and CNN all asking the same question last week. (Keep in mind I am anything BUT a Hillary fan)
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/08/bush.torture.ap/index.html>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>And we wonder why so many people hate us.
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>>>>>>The real issue here is only the fact that we in North America have a free press so the people of the world get to read about our system and methods. And so I ask this question. Would you rather be interrogated by the USA or Saudi Arabia?
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>>>>>I rather be interrogated by NBC news like OBama. Now those questions even I I can answer. :)
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>>>>Are you swallowing the Clinton machine's claims that the press is giving Obama a pass? That is just one of their many diversionary tactics IMO. If the press wants to get tougher they might ask Hillary again why she refuses to release her tax returns, or what happened to her pledge to go along with the party's sanction of Florida and Michigan for moving their primaries up.
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>>>>I see the Obama aide who called Hillary a "monster" has resigned for it, but I understand perfectly where she was coming from. The Clintons will stop at nothing.
