ZOMG! Teh Main$tream Media FINALLY get adversarial with the Romney campaign

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2. Look, I know this isn't going to be a popular opinion...

but the media were fairly scathing and adverserial when Romney was losing and sizably behind in the polls. They reported on every gaffe and plenty of them were quite mocking of him.

And yes, now that he's tied or according to some leading, they are back to being his buddy and giving him favorable coverage.

That's largely the way it works. The idiotic, sycophantic media we have loves 2 things: 1) Controversey, either real or imagined, and 2) a winner. And they hate boring and they hate a loser. Which is why when Willard was both they were plenty happy to mock him.

And for the record the story in this article is nauseating. But they wouldn't be doing this in the first place if he were losing. But because he's pulled even or ahead they feel comfortable enough associating with him in this way.