Why I Call Them The GOP/Media Complex

Things that the US press freaked out over last week:

– OMG! Hillary lied about a sick woman! (Not really, as it turns out.)

– OMG! Barack was picking on people! (Not really, as it turns out.)

Things that the US press did not freak out over:

– John McCain’s breaking campaign finance law (though they did a number of pieces on public financing of political campaigns).

– John McCain’s constant stream of gaffes, lies, and worse (though they did play up a McCain attack on a non-gaffe by Obama).

Things that the US press corps holds to be automatically true:

– Democrats are effete arrogant elitists and Republicans are hearty folk who are in touch with America (need I bother saying that the exact opposite is more likely to be the case?).

Welcome to our fair and balanced media. 

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