The media are making politics unlivable. Plain and simple.
What does it say that the most popular governor in America was nominated to be vice president -- and by the time the national media were done with her, her negatives were higher than her positives?
We think that says more about the media than Sarah Palin.
Indeed, they're not done with her. Now they're making a fuss over the fact that the Republican National Committee bought her family clothes for the campaign. Good grief.
It's become legendary this year that the media are in the tank for Barack Obama. One commentator, Chris Matthews, even famously said he got a thrill running up his leg listening to Obama.
But it's not just anecdotally observable: A new Project for Excellence in Journalism study finds that 57 percent of the stories about Sen. John McCain have been negative since the two conventions, only 14 percent positive. Obama's coverage has been 36 percent positive, 29 percent negative.
It's okay to be filthy sexists, but dare criticize Obama over the least bit of whatever? The media would be tagged as racists, despite Obama's numerous problems.
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