Obama: The media’s darling
July 21, 2008
I’m not going to get into this too much … but let’s just say we have two council candidates in Sanford. One of the candidates, who’s a bit older and not as fun, has been visiting the neglected and crime-ridden portions of Sanford for the past five years and has done so without trumpets heralding or cameras flashing. His opponent, a fresh-faced youngster with a skip in his step, decides he wants to visit these crime-ridden portions of Sanford for the first time (after a few years of blasting the city for even putting police officers there to begin with) but before he does so, he makes sure the local newspaper, tv station and radio folk follow his every move.
Do we believe this candidate to be sincere in his visit to Sanford’s “crime” area … hypothetically speaking?
I don’t have a horse in this presidential race, but it’s almost embarrassing to watch the national media fawn over Obama’s visit to Iraq. I’m not saying Obama’s intentions aren’t sincere, but he isn’t helping himself by making sure his every handshake and nods of war-time understanding are on tape or film.
Bah … what do I care? Time to go cover some AYP scores.
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rick | July 22, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Only my $0.02, but IMHO Obama is the “media darling” because he’s different — young, black, and a first-term senator.
McCain is the same as 99% of all other presidential candidates — old, white, and been in the senate forever.
It has nothing to do with sincerity. The media knows that newer and fresher will always attract more readers (and thereby advertising dollars).
As for the AYP scores… too depressing and likely to get worse when the reading scores come in.
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Neil Morris | July 22, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Better analogy – one Sanford city council candidate endorsed taking SPD officers off the streets of Sanford and sending them to fight crime in, say, So. Central Los Angeles, at the expense of Sanford taxpayers. The other, while desiring to visit and support the officers who call Sanford home, opposed putting SPD officers in harm’s way in a foreign town at the expense of the locale which needs them most to resolve municipal disputes that have no impact on Sanford.