An Obama Tilt in Campaign Coverage (WaPo admits it is in the tank for BHO)

[Wretched Excess]

go figure.  and the most hilarious part of the whole thing is that they probably don't see the irony in the fact that they ran this after the election.

An Obama Tilt in Campaign Coverage
The Post provided a lot of good campaign coverage, but readers have been consistently critical of the lack of probing issues coverage and what they saw as a tilt toward Democrat Barack Obama. My surveys, which ended on Election Day, show that they are right on both counts.

My assistant, Jean Hwang, and I have been examining Post coverage since Nov. 11 last year on issues, voters, fundraising, the candidates' backgrounds and horse-race stories on tactics, strategy and consultants. We also have looked at photos and Page 1 stories since Obama captured the nomination June 4. Numbers don't tell you everything, but they give you a sense of The Post's priorities.

The count was lopsided, with 1,295 horse-race stories and 594 issues stories. The Post was deficient in stories that reported more than the two candidates trading jabs; readers needed articles, going back to the primaries, comparing their positions with outside experts' views. There were no broad stories on energy or science policy, and there were few on religion issues.

Bill Hamilton, assistant managing editor for politics, said, "There are a lot of things I wish we'd been able to do in covering this campaign, but we had to make choices about what we felt we were uniquely able to provide our audiences both in Washington and on the Web. I don't at all discount the importance of issues, but we had a larger purpose, to convey and explain a campaign that our own David Broder described as the most exciting he has ever covered, a narrative that unfolded until the very end. I think our staff rose to the occasion."

The op-ed page ran far more laudatory opinion pieces on Obama, 32, than on Sen. John McCain, 13. There were far more negative pieces (58) about McCain than there were about Obama (32), and Obama got the editorial board's endorsement. The Post has several conservative columnists, but not all were gung-ho about McCain.

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[Peter3_1]

We all had our problems with McCain, but better him that the socialist we got! 

[DixieBelle]

Ugh. I read that earlier today. NOW it's safe to print. Kind of reminds of that scene in Man of the Year where Robin Williams (who ends up on the presidential ballot) starts telling the truth with a grin on his face while the crowds just laugh it up.

[Wretched Excess]

We all had our problems with McCain, but better him that the socialist we got! 

in a way, it's going to be fun to watch this.  the world isn't the abstract place where everything has an answer that he has made it out to be on the stump;  it's messy, and it usually involves choosing between two things that you dislike.  of course, we're talking about a guy who doesn't fully understand what a capital gains tax is, likely because he has never sold his house.  that is some serious life experience.

the second those intelligence briefings on the status of the war start, I will be looking for the "deer in the headlights" look as he leaves the building.

[Wretched Excess]

Ugh. I read that earlier today. NOW it's safe to print. Kind of reminds of that scene in Man of the Year where Robin Williams (who ends up on the presidential ballot) starts telling the truth with a grin on his face while the crowds just laugh it up.

bingo.  I expect that we are going to hear a lot of surprising things in the next 30-90 days.  it's not that the MSM didn't know them, they just wouldn't print them.

[DixieBelle]

^yes, and he's going to continue to surround himself with Dem retreads with tired ideas that didn't work the first time. Folks, we're going to have to go through some dark times for a while.

[Wretched Excess]

^yes, and he's going to continue to surround himself with Dem retreads with tired ideas that didn't work the first time. Folks, we're going to have to go through some dark times for a while.

rahm emanuel was a huge giveaway.  (a) it shows just how insecure he really is, to need a pit viper like that &$#& as his chief of staff, and (b) it finally puts paid to the whole "hope, healing, and unity" bullshit.

but at least we finally know what we are up against now.

[jendf]

in a way, it's going to be fun to watch this.  the world isn't the abstract place where everything has an answer that he has made it out to be on the stump;  it's messy, and it usually involves choosing between two things that you dislike.  of course, we're talking about a guy who doesn't fully understand what a capital gains tax is, likely because he has never sold his house.  that is some serious life experience.

the second those intelligence briefings on the status of the war start, I will be looking for the "deer in the headlights" look as he leaves the building.

He can't vote "present" anymore.

[DixieBelle]

rahm emanuel was a huge giveaway.  (a) it shows just how insecure he really is, to need a pit viper like that &$#& as his chief of staff, and (b) it finally puts paid to the whole "hope, healing, and unity" bullshit.

but at least we finally know what we are up against now.

That's true. The proverbial shoe has dropped. We can expect the worst case scenario. Now we just need to circle back and plan for mid-terms and 2012.

[Wretched Excess]

That's true. The proverbial shoe has dropped. We can expect the worst case scenario. Now we just need to circle back and plan for mid-terms and 2012.

unless the economy bounces back, and as during the clinton administration, through no credit to his policies.  then we're pretty much hosed, probably for a long time.

[SaintLouieWoman]

unless the economy bounces back, and as during the clinton administration, through no credit to his policies.  then we're pretty much hosed, probably for a long time.

Even if things get far worse with the economy and the war goes badly, I'm afraid we're stuck with them for a very long time, as it seems to be impossible for an honest election. It's getting more and more frightening.

[Wretched Excess]

Even if things get far worse with the economy and the war goes badly, I'm afraid we're stuck with them for a very long time, as it seems to be impossible for an honest election. It's getting more and more frightening.

the next test will be his support for capital gains taxes.  his notorious comment in the primary debates that he would raise them despite the fact that it would decrease federal revenues (which is obviously a bad thing for the economy) will be put to the test.

if he does it anyway, we're in trouble.  if he backs away from that promise, then perhaps he can grow.  he's obviously a smart guy;  I just don't think he understands the national economy very well.

[Peter3_1]

As near as I can tell, he's never dug a ditch, nailed up a shingle, driven a truck, operated a bulldozer, built a road, installed a septic system, hot tarred a roof, for pay. Nothing, physical no work experience. Biden either.

So they cannot appreciate what it means to earn a blue collar living. Nor does this Pres. Elect. have the faintest clue of how such a system is kemp healthy. And it appears that the advisers he's allied with are little better.

Similar to FDR, thay have ideas that hit the ear well, but have no chance of doing as designed in the real world.