To follow up on Chris's excellent commentary on the Obama-Wright media firestorm from this afternoon, here's the tally on how McCain has comparatively fared with the press (via FAIR):
946 references to Obama's ties with Rezko. 352 references to McCain's ties with lobbyist Iseman.478 references to Farrakhan's endorsement of Obama.123 references to the McCain-Hagee relationship.
Also, in absolutely inane op-ed today, Roger Cohen--voila! has discovered that Obama has a half-brother in China. Cohen evidently here is taking on the heavy responsibility of trying to preemptively deflect right-wing attacks on Obama because to date, "not enough has been written about Obama's family." (Hasn't he read the book? Or a newspaper over the past year?) I'd like to think there's some kind of knotted logic that makes the not-very-sensational fact that Obama has a half-brother who lives in China an even plausibly credible news hook, but if it's there, I'm not seeing it.
Chris Hayes
To follow up on Chris’s excellent commentary on the Obama-Wright media firestorm from this afternoon, here’s the tally on how McCain has comparatively fared with the press (via FAIR):
946 references to Obama’s ties with Rezko. 352 references to McCain’s ties with lobbyist Iseman.478 references to Farrakhan’s endorsement of Obama.123 references to the McCain-Hagee relationship.
Also, in absolutely inane op-ed today, Roger Cohen–voila! has discovered that Obama has a half-brother in China. Cohen evidently here is taking on the heavy responsibility of trying to preemptively deflect right-wing attacks on Obama because to date, “not enough has been written about Obama’s family.” (Hasn’t he read the book? Or a newspaper over the past year?) I’d like to think there’s some kind of knotted logic that makes the not-very-sensational fact that Obama has a half-brother who lives in China an even plausibly credible news hook, but if it’s there, I’m not seeing it.
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