Howard Kurtz and Joan Walsh summarized how the media went wrong covering Obama!
Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on May 5, 2008 - 12:30am.
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Hello Everyone:
Here is the CNN Reliable Sources transcript from Sunday, May 4 where Howard Kurtz and Joan Walsh in my opinion very concisely and accurately summarized exactly how the media went wrong in their coverage of both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for so long:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0805/04/rs.01.html
CNN RELIABLE SOURCES
Obama Denounces Wright; Barbara Walters Admits to Affair With Senator
Aired May 4, 2008 - 10:00 ET
HOWARD KURTZ, HOST: "Joan Walsh, Barack Obama may have won the Guam caucus yesterday by seven votes, as it turns out, over Hillary Clinton, but he's on something of a losing streak in those big states. And of course, we're coming up on Tuesday on Indiana and North Carolina.
Do you think that one of the reasons that Wright has become such a huge issue for the media is that we're now in a period where journalists, for the first time really in this campaign, are being far more critical of Barack Obama because he's in some political trouble?
JOAN WALSH, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, SALON.COM: I think that is true. I think it's just a natural dynamic of political coverage. And you and I both have seen it before.
But, you know, I was struck when I got to Iowa and New Hampshire in January by how our media colleagues were just swooning over Barack Obama. That is not too strong a word. They were swooning.
They -- I was at a speech. I remember it -- I'll write about it some day -- in Manchester. And every -- the biggest names in our business were there.
And they were -- they could repeat some of his speech lines to one another. It was like a Bruce Springsteen concert where the fans sing along.
And, you know, I respected it to some extent. He's a towering political figure. Of our generation, he is probably the best politician. He's inspiring. And reporters, white reporters, black reporters, reporters of every race, we want to get beyond racism in America.
So he was inspiring. I understood it. They're human. They responded.
KURTZ: Well...
WALSH: The downside, though, is that they hate -- hate Hillary Clinton, most of them. Hate is not too strong a word. And so there was such a double standard with anything she did.
KURTZ: Well, most of them -- most of them, that may be unfair. And I agree with you that a lot of journalists just saw Obama as a vehicle to a post-racial society. But, of course, in a political campaign, we are supposed to be fair despite our personal feelings.
WALSH: Right..."
This story was reported on NewsBusters and they included a video of this exchange that you can watch:
Salon Editor: Most Press Members ‘Hate Hillary Clinton’ (updated w/video)
By Noel Sheppard | May 4, 2008 - 10:52 ET
"Here's something you don't see every day: a liberal, female editor of a leading liberal online magazine stating with cameras rolling that most press members "Hate, hate Hillary Clinton."
Yet, that's exactly what occurred Sunday morning when Salon's editor-in-chief Joan Walsh spoke some truths about the media's love affair with Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama, as well as their disdain for the former first lady (video embedded right)..."
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5bab7_clinton_news (01:50)
Here are the four main points of this brief exchange that I strongly agree with which I think all people need to very clearly understand:
1) Howard Kurtz is exactly right when he said "journalists, for the first time really in this campaign, are being far more critical of Barack Obama because he's in some political trouble..."
2) Joan Walsh is exactly right when she said "I was struck when I got to Iowa and New Hampshire in January by how our media colleagues were just swooning over Barack Obama. That is not too strong a word. They were swooning..." and "I was at a speech. I remember it -- I'll write about it some day -- in Manchester. And every -- the biggest names in our business were there.
And they were -- they could repeat some of his speech lines to one another. It was like a Bruce Springsteen concert where the fans sing along..."
3) Joan Walsh is also right about the media's hatred of Hillary when she said "The downside, though, is that they hate -- hate Hillary Clinton, most of them. Hate is not too strong a word. And so there was such a double standard with anything she did."
4) Howard Kurtz got it exactly right about fairness and the media's hatred of Hillary when he said "But, of course, in a political campaign, we are supposed to be fair despite our personal feelings."
CNN Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz is such as breath of fresh air in my opinion because it cuts through all of the media's spin and gets to the bottom line of what is happening. It is one of the very few shows I have seen that keeps the media honest just like how Internal Affairs keeps the police honest!
Please forward this information on so that more Democratic primary voters and superdelegates will understand exactly how the media went wrong in their coverage of both Obama and Hillary!
Mitch Dworkin
http://www.securingamerica.com/
http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/10756
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All of these posts in my opinion are credible documentation to prove that Howard Kurtz and Joan Walsh are exactly right about what they said in this post:
http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14665
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/15269
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/15252
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/15111
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/15054
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/15037
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/15007
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14997
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14942
Bill O'Reilly is right about "NBC News is leading the Obama cheerleading..."
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14933
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14911
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14910
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14909
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14864
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14850
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14826
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14759
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14717
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14569
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14454
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14425
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14414
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14336
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14319
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/13814
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http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/13942
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