It is now pretty widely known that Hillary lied about the dangers of her trip to Bosnia. It is getting a little bit of play in the media, but not a lot. Not nearly as much as it would have if Obama had lied like this. So we have to ask ourselves why. My (not very original theory) below.
On the internet, the lie about Hillary's hair raising trip to Bosnia is well known. It is finally getting a little attention in the traditional media. But from what I have seen, it is just a few minutes of talk and then it is put to rest, or the focus has become that Hillary really does have Commander in Chief experience, so why did she mislead people. The spin is pretty mild. The newscasters are even afraid to call it lie. Why is it?
Who is asking Andrea Mitchell why she didn't speak up sooner? Or asking anyone else who was there at the time? The media seems concerned only with protecting itself and its corporate masters. Why hasn't any reporter asked why their own people did not speak or write the truth about Hillary's trip until pushed into it by outsiders? I remember tons of outrage about reporters inventing stories or making up sources. I remember these reporters being vilified by other reporters for making up stories about basically stupid stuff that does not affect the public at large much, if at all. But when reporters commit the lie of omission on topics that affect the whole country they are never called on it. What is going on here?
I think there has been a Clinton bias of late. And the attacks on Obama have been way over the top. But what infuriates me is the fact that there were so many reporters covering Hillary Clinton's trip to Bosnia, some of whom where on the same plane with her, and none of these people spoke up until Sinbad did....Why did it take a comedian and the anger of folks on the left to bring the truth out? How long are we going to let the media choose our President in this way? And how do we stop it?
Where is the outrage about reporters covering for the lies of candidates until they are backed into speaking out? Make no mistake, Hillary's lies piss me off plenty. But I am more concerned about the media and it's Rovian tactics than I am Hillary's. Once Obama sews the nomination up, we are still going to have to deal with the media and it's lies of omission in regard to McCain. What do we do about this? Any ideas? Any thoughts?
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