Reporting from Denver
Howard Wolfson went to Fox for a reason. Keith Olbermann, once again, illustrated
why. Anyone going at Wolfson for being on Fox definitely didn’t see the primary
media coverage through Hillary eyes. Fox will never be pro Democratic, but they
were fair to Clinton during the primaries, along with CNN, which Olbermann and
his fellow Clinton hater, Chris Matthews, were not.
NBC and MSNBC deserve better than what Olbermann and Matthews serve up, especially
on the Clinton score. It continues to be the network I move to, though I’ve
not been privy to any MSNBC Democratic convention coverage, because the Courtyard
Marriott doesn’t have it. But Olbermann’s recent slap at Wolfson was not only
wrong, but petty and small, something that continues to describe Mr. Olbermann,
who at one time showed much promise, but whose Clinton derangement revealed a lack of editorial judgment rarely seen in someone featured so prominently on air.
This lack of independence is unfortunate, because now Olbermann is basically
worthless in helping us in the general. The only people now watching him are
the already converted. He’s done it to himself. But when it comes to coverage,
he’s not alone.
Take The
Nation magazine, whose Clinton derangement comes close to matching
the unhinged fringe. You will likely never see credit where it is due from that
crowd.
Bob Somerby presents MoDo
as she really is: There’s that “top Democrat” again! The
one who might not quite exist! Another anti Clinton media disseminator
who never lets the facts get in her way. Her spinning in the face of reality
would get most people fired. She’s finally laid to rest any doubt that her Clinton
delusion has rendered her rhetorically unstable.
Carl Bernstein made the same point on CNN today, blasting away that the media
was more interested in their concocted Clinton – Obama soap opera than the real
story playing out at the Democratic convention: UNITY. Oh, but if the two camps
are issuing statements of unity it must not be so! What else are they supposed
to do when the press is pushing a story on a foundation of MoDo lies? So, in the
process, the media, including many blogs, didn’t catch up to the story until
it was completely played out.
In order to concoct a story to drum up ratings and clicks, the people charged with writing the story missed the story and the truth. I’m proud that we weren’t part of that pack.
One thing is clear after Hillary then Bill Clinton delivered for Barack these
last couple of days. They’re both class acts and know what’s important, but
also can put it into action when called, when everything is on the line. They
know we need to win in November and they’re going to do their part to get it
done. Message sent, with heart.
The rest is up to Barack, though the media will likely miss that story, opting
for their own optics instead.
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