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So much for the liberal media, indeed

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Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 10:52:00 AM PDT

From Monday's Washington Post we get Dana Milbank seeming to mock that so-called "liberal media bias":

So much for the liberal media.

John McCain and Barack Obama both appeared before the nation's newspaper editors yesterday. The putative Republican presidential nominee was given a box of doughnuts and a standing ovation. The likely Democratic nominee was likened to a terrorist.

What's this?  A member of the traditional media finally recognizing the disparate treatment between Obama and McCain in the press?  Don't get too excited...Milbank goes on to say:

That let Hillary Clinton and McCain portray Obama as a member of the effete elite, alongside John Kerry (Turnbull & Asser shirts) and John Edwards ($400 haircuts). Regular gal Clinton (Wellesley '69, Yale Law '73, family income $109 million since her husband left the White House)...

So, what's missing?  Any mention of:

As heiress to her father's stake in Hensley & Co. of Phoenix, Cindy McCain is an executive whose worth may exceed $100 million. Her beer earnings have afforded the GOP presidential nominee a wealthy lifestyle with a private jet and vacation homes at his disposal...

So much for the liberal media, indeed.

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