Obama Speech: Any Fair and Balanced Left in the News?

August 28, 2008 Posted in News-ish

If so, I can’t find it.

So Obama is done giving his speech, and I am flipping between MSNBC with Chris Matthews/Keith Oberman and FOX.

If Matthews and Oberman were any more up Obama’s ass – they would have been covered in sh*t. FOX on the otherhand, might has well have been burning pictures of Obama and were tearing apart every vocal inflection he made.

What ever happened to impartial news reporting? I remember growing up and feeling that I could believe anything the news people reported, because there was this integrity of impartial news reporting. Those days are gone.

If you were to flip, as I am right now, you would think the reporters watched 2 completely different speeches. You can’t argue the fact that Obama is a great public speaker, but why not simply highlight the points he made? No, of course not. Everyone needs to give their 2 cents as to what they took away from him.

But Keith Oberman? Really? Dude, you were on SportsCenter…please stop. Tell me what you think about Favre moving to the Jets, don’t interpret political language and positioning.

That was exhausting just to watch.

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Lisa says:

August 29, 2008 at 5:03 am

His speech was great. Aware of the issues that confront American's. But here is the BUT… His short voting record conflicts with is energy policy, tax relief for 95% (not the one he proposed), And He has voted continuously not to fund the Service Men in Iraq. How great would it be if both parties got there shit together and did something, since they both are aware of the problems and neither party does anything. I am an American, not Democrat not Republican
Wil says:

August 29, 2008 at 5:25 am

I take issue with him never having ANY military experience. We are in almost 3 different wars right now, we need someone who at least has an IDEA of what military conflict involves. Rah Rah Diplomacy, but when it fails – then we need soldiers not lawyers.
Jane Warren says:

October 3, 2008 at 9:30 am

If you are going to criticize someone, you should at least spell their name correctly. It's Olbermann, not Oberman.