last week I watched as much as I could of the DNC. Tonight I watched the RNC just to see difference in coverage. I watched mostly CNN for the DNC and they just seem so ridiculously bent toward Obama. They would praise the history of his speech without touching on the specifics (that would lacking….) The history was incredible but wow.
So I thought I would give them the benefit of the doubt. There were very few Republican commentators during the actual convention. Most were saved for Larry King Live an hour after the speeches ended. I figured they would stack the deck with Republicans this time….so far I haven’t seen it.
MSNBC seems to be a little more balanced. FOX News, is FOX News… right wing last week and this week.
So not too far into it I decided to tune to C-SPAN instead. You get to hear the actual speakers and not these political pundits rattle on and on. And there are no commercials. I highly recommend it!
Then… Campbell Brown is just on my last nerve. She would ask the same question over and over, saying, “Back to the original question” until she could get the answer she was looking for or they ran out of time and had to take a break. Then, she’s interviewing McCain’s spokesman (who’s kind of a fuddy duddy but whatever) and is grabbing for so many things about Palin that she suggests Palin is a bad mother or whatever for subjecting her pregnant daughter to media scrutiny by running for vice president.
There were some other good points Campbell made in her interview, but grasping at ANYTHING just to discredit Republicans is just maddening. I haven’t really been a big fan of hers (I just didn’t see spectacular work) and this really hammers the point home for me.
Personally, I’m still undecided. I realized recently I’m more moderate in my preferences than I thought so that’s why I’m trying to educate myself. I don’t think the entire news media is biased, but geez CNN get it together.
