When I think back of how the MSM (Main Stream Press) have sycophantically covered Obama during the campaign and so far in his administration, I just had to shake my head in agreement with this. Peter Kirsanow over at NRO hit it right on the head:
Our Adversarial Press
So . . . we’re going to have a tax cheat in charge of the IRS, a man instrumental in the pardoning of terrorists as top terrorism watchdog, and a woman whose husband gets tens of millions from foreign governments in charge of implementing foreign policy.
Press reaction: Move along . . . nothing to see here
Most of the Press reaction has to be report on the Republican reactions to these happenings. Fair enough; they should. But where has the outrage been about the antics of those approved?
Oh yeah….they’re Democrats – an automatic "get out of jail" card. And in one case, one really could have needed it.
This Republic requires a Press that will act in the same way towards Obama as they did towards Bush; will they (can they?) rise to the occasion? The answer, so far, is no. I guess it is hard to be objective when you are writing phrases like "…chiseled pectorals…"