Washington Compost Mea Culpa: "Ok, There Was A little Obama Favoritism Here It Appears"

Just a little? You think? You finally figured that out? You disgraceful lying slugs.

I wrote one month ago that the MSM would immediately try to repair their reputations damaged by their intentional Obama slanted coverage by doing the same thing they did after they sandbagged America on the John Edwards affair withholding coverage, using that "The Sourcing Of The National Enquirer is Beneath Our Exalted Reputations" excuse. Who were by the way entirely and precisely on target with their reporting

Then they all participated in this disingenuous cathartic "self examination "admitting their faults  only more like a cheating politician does once caught red handed as Edwards was than people genuinely regretting the course of action they collectively took.

Well, I was exactly right as usual and here as predicted is the first volley in this soon to come likely this upcoming week tsunami of admissions that they slanted their coverage for the betterment of American society, for the advancement of the African American Journey To Equality, to correct the great mistakes of the Bush administration, so on and so on.

I just wonder if and when Obama gets the usual build them up to tear them down routine that every other politician and celebrity gets just as soon as they veer off the beaten path that the MSM has cleared away for them, probably not as that would be racist....

Deborah Howell - An Obama Tilt in Campaign Coverage -

washingtonpost.com: "The Post provided a lot of good campaign coverage, but readers have been consistently critical of the lack of probing issues coverage and what they saw as a tilt toward Democrat Barack Obama. My surveys, which ended on Election Day, show that they are right on both counts.

My assistant, Jean Hwang, and I have been examining Post coverage since Nov. 11 last year on issues, voters, fundraising, the candidates' backgrounds and horse-race stories on tactics, strategy and consultants. We also have looked at photos and Page 1 stories since Obama captured the nomination June 4. Numbers don't tell you everything, but they give you a sense of The Post's priorities.

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The count was lopsided, with 1,295 horse-race stories and 594 issues stories. The Post was deficient in stories that reported more than the two candidates trading jabs; readers needed articles, going back to the primaries, comparing their positions with outside experts' views. There were no broad stories on energy or science policy, and there were few on religion issues."

The op-ed page ran far more laudatory opinion pieces on Obama, 32, than on Sen. John McCain, 13. There were far more negative pieces (58) about McCain than there were about Obama (32), and Obama got the editorial board's endorsement. The Post has several conservative columnists, but not all were gung-ho about McCain.

Stories and photos about Obama in the news pages outnumbered those devoted to McCain. Post reporters, photographers and editors

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