Associated Press
As President Barack Obama passed his 100th day in office last week, two studies judged that the news media has given him more coverage, and more positive coverage, than his two predecessors at the same point in their terms.
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“It’s always good to know what you’re doing,” said Bob Lichter, director of the Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University. “Journalists get critiques from all sides at all times. Instead of throwing up your hands and ignoring critiques of your work, you can focus on reliable critiques.”
Lichter’s group did one of the studies, looking at evening news coverage and stories in The New York Times over 50 days. It found the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts devoted nearly 28 hours to the new Obama administration, more than they did during the same stretch in the Bush and Clinton presidencies combined.
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Media bias was perhaps never more revealed than in the awful press conference last week. Softball questions with zero follow up attempts made this an absolute joke. Fortunately, this may be the last press conference for a while as networks won’t be quite as willing to give up free air time to cover a 100 day Pep Rally.
This fawning admiration is removing what is left of DC press corps credibility.
For more on these ‘lowlights’ you can hit:
http://firstconservative.com/blog/top-ten/obamas-press-conference-top-ten-highlights