Ed Kilgore, in his column at the Democratic Strategist, wonders why the mainstream media is trying so hard to link the pay-to-serve scandal for the Illinois senate seat to Barack Obama.
After all, every single indicator points to the lack of involvement by not only Obama, but all those who sought to replace him. That no one would attempt to buy the seat is what left Gov. Rod Blagojevich a-sputter in four-letter words. But does that keep such media outlets as Time magazine from running stories titled, Can Obama Escape the Taint of Blagojevich? Nah.
…as BarbinMD shows at DailyKos today, none of this has kept political reporters from darkly suggesting that the Blago scandal is casting some sort of giant shadow on the Obama presidency. As she explains, the basic media dynamic is that reporters find some Republican to say it’s a problem for Obama, and thus they have a “story” manufactured out of thin air and partisan malice.
Maybe all this represents sheer journalistic laziness, or the cynical calculation of reporters who know they can get serious ink by linking two big stories–the juicy Blago scandal, and the Obama transition. Or maybe it’s a sign that some folk in the MSM, still smarting from endless claims that they are “in the tank” for Obama, want to prove otherwise by coming up with an “Obamagate” before the man has even taken office.
But at some point, it really needs to stop, or get derisively hooted off the front page and the evening news.
Yeah, good luck with that.
The Bushies just told the Obamas that they can’t move into Blair House early so their daughters could attend school on time.
In other words, no room at the inn, Messiah.