Comments on: Countdown to the end of Obamedia

By: Corwin

Corwin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:26:07 +0000

I think there will be a slow(first year) and then acelerating rapidly(second and further years),as a way of ‘proving’ they weren’t in the tank.And ,since it’s unlikely the world or the economy will be very kind to Pres Obama,there will likely be a lot to criticize

By: NeilG

NeilG — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:51:03 +0000

Its very hard to know what the media will do given that at the top of much of it is billionaire publishers with heavy economic investments in certain politicians. That is something a smart blogger with the resources to do it should show through public records. In New York City the publishers of the New York Times and Daily News have very significant real estate investments. No one questions how it affects news coverage but it does. The Times is known to never indicate in a news story when a particular property is theirs or of their real estate partners in a news article about those very same properties. This is clearly a violation of journalistic ethics. How about a fairness doctrine for publishers of heavy media. Every time you write a news story with a conflict of interest your competition gets free full page ads.

By: Will Collier

Will Collier — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:25:48 +0000

It’s not going to happen. They’re all-in for The Savior. He could drop to a 10% approval rating, lose re-election in a landslide, and three years later Chris Matthews would still be talking about how things would be so much better under The One. You’re talking about people who just don’t have any intellectual honesty left.

By: Alex Bensky

Alex Bensky — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:03:10 +0000

Regretfully, I go with Solomon. Not only do they have a lot invested in him but anyone want to bet that any criticism of Obama will in some circles be termed racism? Given the diversity politics of most newsrooms, he’d pretty much have to drop his pants on national tv and run off to Pyongyang with Jane Fonda to get the media on his scent.

By: Solomon

Solomon — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:32:59 +0000

I think it’s going to take a long time if it happens at all. They have a lot invested in him.

By: russ

russ — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:58:09 +0000

It’s going to take much longer than that. He’s the One. It will be the evil Republicans with their filibusters who are preventing the introduction of the promised Utopia.

And look: We elected Obama, and Global Warming is already stopping! Wow, such incredible power he has.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:18:45 +0000

I agree with Eric, that who will become disenchanted. After a couple of years, if we are in the same situation as we are now or worse, people will start to turn on him, and the dems. Kind of like 1994

By: Eric J

Eric J — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:28:37 +0000

I think what will be more interesting is going to be who will become disenchanted. The media’s not all going to change at once, and I think we’ll see them turning on each other piece by piece over the next 2-3 years as fewer and fewer things can be credibly blamed on Bush.