Posted by
ColoMike on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 2:41:53 PM
We see Obama is now treating the mainstream media, appropriately, like chattel. On top of banning a Florida television station from further interviews after they asked a few tough questions of Biden and kicking three reporters off his plane, he charged news organizations to cover his election night soiree.
It is delicious irony that he is already biting the hand that feeds him. But I think it is even better than that. The media paying Obama is like the National Enquirer paying an informer for a story. "Serious" news organizations sneered at this tabloid practice - until now. Sean Hannity has said repeatedly that journalism died in 2008. True enough, the fourth estate has done irreparable harm to its reputation. Its been replaced with a revival meeting where participants swoon during the sermon and pay when the collection plate comes around.
Here's some advice for the mainstream media. If you start running stories about UFOs and werewolves now, your credibility may almost rise to the level of the tabloids by the next election cycle.