Posted by
Aaron G on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:52:46 AM
Seriously? I'm taking my morning swim through Real Clear Politics and I found
this gem of a piece by Clarence Page of the, you guessed it, Chicago Tribune. His message to you and me is to forget what we've all known to be true all along. The media isn't partisan about politics, their partisan for the big story. This line says it all...
"Sure, the coverage helps Obama, but it also confirms the biggest bias in the media, our hunger for a big story -- and the big audience that comes with it."
So the "big story" is their motivation because it brings readers, and readers brings money. Is it me or does it sound like they want to make money and continue being the big evil corporations that they so loathe. Oh wait, they can't be evil if they're helping usher the era of the Obamasiah.
My favorite part of that line is the fact that they admit the bias but that they just don't seem to care.