MSM's breathless coverage of "McChrystalgate" the last two days demonstrates their hypocrisy

[Empowerer]

For the past months or so, the mainstream media has offered us little more than relentless, 24/7 coverage - most of it repetitive and useless - of the Gulf Spill. This, of course, came after several weeks in which their coverage of the incident was minimal. Only after they seemed to smell blood - i.e., possible political damage to President Obama - did they ramp up their coverage and pretend as if they believed the Gulf spill was not only a major news event but it was THE ONLY event worth anyone's, including government officials, attention.

So they berated the President whenever he behaved as if he thought his presidency required him to focus on anything other than the Gulf or - God forbid - whenever he seemed to think that he could actually spend any time doing anything personally satisfying, like attending a baseball game or listening to music.

During this time, we heard hardly a peep from them about Afghanistan. When they did cover it, it was almost in passing, as an afterthought, a news brief before they turned back to stare at the oil coming from the broken well and demand that the President have a hissy fit over it.

And then, lo and behold, yesterday, a new shiny object caught their eye - an opportunity to try to portray the president as a weak and disrespected Commander-in-Chief. And suddenly, the Gulf spill no longer was the most - in fact the ONLY - important issue on earth and they shifted to virtual 24/7 coverage of the spill that seemed to gush forth from Gen. McChrystal's and his aides' mouths.

No wonder these people whine and moan about the President's multi-tasking, treating his ability to manage more than one crisis at a time as some kind of a shortcoming. It is a skill that they haven't even come close to mastering and probably can't even understand. And since they can't understand it, it must be an anomaly, so they must sneer at, attack and belittle anyone who displays it.

[FrenchieCat]

1. That gets an hearty rec from me!

and a kick! :)

[Spazito]

2. Well said!

:thumbsup:

Recommended.

[Uzybone]

3. Their excuse is "well the President hasn't held a press conference about Afghanistan"

President Obama must not only do his job, but must also do the medias' job.

[Kind of Blue]

4. I find that loathsome.

KnR!

[Jennicut]

5. The media has long forgotten other "important" stories but the President can never forget.

And Obama must do more then one thing at a time. He is expected to. The media is laughable. But they have enjoyed the gossipy crap out of McChrystal and co's mouths.

[shraby]

6. What they don't seem to want to convey to the people,

is that he is probably in touch with Afghanistan almost every day with video conferencing.

[tranche]

7. Obama was right when he said he'll be there for the Gulf long after the cameras have gone.

These millionaire talking heads will eventually tire of wearing simple shirts with their sleeves rolled up. Washington and expensive suites (probably worth more than a shrimp farmer makes in a month) is so much more fun.

[Empowerer]

8. True! nt