professionalismish

just a thought about the media blitz on obama v mccain.

yeah, the media are harping on obama's trip around the world. yeah, mccain is getting treated as the secondary candidate. yeah, it does seem like the media is enamored with obama because of their constant attention.

but mccain is touring diners in east nowhere. obama is speaking to over a half-million people in germany.

maybe it's just good planning on the part of the obama camp. would mccain be getting more coverage if he were doing something interesting? probably.

obama is being held as accountable by the media as any candidate. the constant talk on the 24 news networks about "the rumors" about obama's being a muslim and whatever other nonsense is floating around the internet is surely not helping obama.

there will never be completely fair and unbiased news coverage in our current media culture. but for every sycophantic obama lover in the media, there are equally biased mccain supporters. it seems that the more mccain accuses the media of favoring obama, the more opinion articles pop up against obama.

i know in our paper we seem to offend the right wingers and the left wingers, so it seems like we're pretty balanced in at least one respect.