October 16, 2014

Where’s Leftmedia’s Obsession Over Team Obama Scandals?

Remember the 2006 midterm election, when Democrats and their media lapdogs railed against the “Republican Culture of Corruption” all the way to taking control of Congress? Well, Election Day 2014 is just around the corner, and there’s no shortage of scandals to fill up the prime time TV slots. And over the last six weeks, mainstream media outlets have been doing exactly that – just not with the ones that risk electoral damage for Democrats. Newsbusters’ Geoffrey Dickens reports, “Since September 4 (the start of the NFL regular season) through October 15 the networks, on their evening and morning shows, devoted a total of 171 (NBC 71, CBS 55, ABC 45) stories or briefs to five NFL players (Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson, Jonathan Dwyer, Ray McDonald, Greg Hardy) embroiled in domestic abuse cases. Number of stories on Obama scandals over that same time period? Just three.” Yes, three – a 57:1 ratio. Are the domestic abuse cases involving NFL players worthy of such 24/7 attention? Put it this way: One wishes the MSM would devote as much attention to other cultural issues and their root causes. Moreover, Dickens ponders, “[D]oesn’t the state of the body politic deserve at least the same amount of coverage as the state of the NFL?” More…

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