Media continues its love affair with Sen. Obama

John Green
Published: July 24, 2008

The world can be a very confusing place for many folks. So it’s comforting to know we have a really smart guy around like Sen. Barack Obama. He told us all about his plans for Iraq. And then he went to Iraq on a fact-finding trip.

That’s pretty cool.

But he’s really brilliant because he takes three savvy campaign advisers on the trip with him. Everybody knows Katie Couric, Brian Williams and Charlie Gibson know how to spin the news. They’ve had plenty of experience over at ABC, CBS and NBC.

But it doesn’t end there. The ever evenhanded New York Times published the senator’s opinion editorial. And because no one could match such an intelligent op-ed, they declined to publish one by Sen. McCain. (He’s the other guy running for president.) I guess they figured, why waste the space?

And I can’t forget that other media outlet working overtime for Sen. Obama. It’s Newsweek, the neutral news magazine. Since July 16, 2007, Newsweek has had Obama’s picture on the cover six times. That’s not so bad considering it’s a weekly magazine. They are trying to be fair and balanced.

And now a rumor has it that the Democrats (Nancy or Harry) will announce a new fuel savings program soon. It’s very imaginative. It goes like this: Since there is near unanimous agreement in the media that Obama should be our next president, the November election should be canceled and Obama declared the winner by acclamation.

Think of all the energy we would save. Why not?

After all, the media knows what’s best for all us dumb Americans.

John Green
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