Monday, September 29, 2008

Double Standards?

Ever since her surprise selection as Republican vice presidential candidate, the mainstream media has been assiduously trying to dig up any bit of adverse information they can find on Sarah Palin, regardless of how trivial. For instance, yesterday, the Associated Press treated us to this stellar example of investigative journalism: "AP Investigation: Palin got zoning aid, gifts." No doubt, the reporter responsible will get a big attaboy from his editor, and perhaps even be up for a Pulitzer Prize.

Meanwhile, oddly enough, neither the Associated Press nor any other MSM organization has shown the slightest interest in checking out the numerous, egregious, and far more consequential scandals surrounding Barack Obama. Instead, virtually the entire investigative burden is being borne by a few independent journalists (Stanley Kurtz; David Freddoso; Jerome Corsi), and by the blogosphere.

A few of the more intelligent and astute observers are beginning to wonder why the double standard. For instance, check out this comprehensive overview by British journalist Melanie Phillips, writing in The Spectator: "Subversives for Obama." Here's how it begins:
There are two American election campaigns currently running. The first, in the mainstream media, accepts Barack Obama at face value, no questions asked, while it viciously turns over Sarah Palin and her family whom it subjects to lies, smears and character assassination. The second, being conducted in the blogosphere and (with one or two notable exceptions such as the Wall Street Journal) not alluded to at all by the mainstream media, is the site of verbal warfare between Camp Obama and bloggers who are practising journalism as it used to be practised – going behind the propaganda to dig out information and asking questions about it. The blogosphere is not only rebutting the Palin lies but also piling up the most disturbing revelations about Obama’s background and associations -- compounded by the troubling manner in which Camp Obama responds to these discoveries.

As usual, Melanie Phillips sees things very clearly, and expresses her views in clear and uncompromising language.

Double standards? No, just standard operating procedure for our thoroughly corrupt MSM. And they wonder why they are rapidly losing subscribers?

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