Clinton Camp: Media ‘in the tank’ for Obama

[sabra]

http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/mcauliffe-says-media-in-the-tank-for-obama-2008-05-13.html

Terry McAuliffe, campaign chairman for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), said Tuesday that the former first lady is hamstrung by a biased media.

“Clearly it has been a biased media, no question about it,” McAuliffe said on Fox News. When asked how much of the mainstream media is “in the tank” for Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.), who leads Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination, McAuliffe estimated that about 90 percent of the media favor Obama.

“It is what it is. We’re not complaining,” he stated. “We have to deal with the hand we’re dealt with.”

McAuliffe added that “every independent study has said that this is the most biased coverage they’ve ever seen in a presidential campaign.”

He also praised Fox News, which is often viewed as a conservative media outlet, as “one of the most responsible in this presidential campaign.”

edit: Video available here > http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x131533

[dionysus]

1. yes, and like their leaders, the shillbots will follow, fox is now their favorite channel...

[Cant trust em]

2. They're so in favor of Obama that they saturated the airwaves with Wright and Bittergate

Sorry, Terry, but I'm not buying it.

[WA98296]

3. We NEED the media focusing on Obama and McCain not dragging out her loss.

[FrenchieCat]

4. Cause Bitter Pastorbation has been so positive thus far.....

The media tried to take Obama out. They just weren't successful.

Hillary, et al knows this very well.

[enid602]

25. haven't even started

They haven't even started on him. You really think it's going to be a cakewalk, don't you?

[Big Blue Marble]

39. Bitter much?

Even Gingrich warned the Pubs that pastorgate is not going to do for them.
For sure they will throw the regular rotten garbage Obama's way. It just is not
going to stick like it did to Kerry and Gore.

[enid602]

41. pastorgate

I agree; pastorgate was a red herring, and certainly lost any momentum once we got to know Rev Wright, even if you don't agree with his politics. The one nice thing about pastorgate, however was that the media FINALLY gave some air time who explained events in a way that was anything but the official version.

Bitter? No, just disappointed my candidate didn't win. But it's kind of like a football game; your team can't always win. I guess if I had nothing else going on in my life, I might be bitter.

[Big Blue Marble]

38. I completely agree that the media did attempt to take Obama out.

Having failed they are now grudgingly acknowledging his amazing victory. At least the print media is.
It would seem the cable news is not ready to let the HRC campaign go. In many cases they are still
pounding the war drums for Clinton. But it will all be over in a couple of weeks and then they
will be on the drums for McCain.

[democrattotheend]

5. Sounds like complaining to me

And I don't think it's even true anymore. Maybe early on in the process, and for the past week, the media has been more favorable to Obama. But they were pretty tough on him for the 2 months in between Ohio and May 6, and especially in the week before May 6. I don't think the Clinton camp can make the argument that he has coasted to the nomination without scrutiny anymore.

[lisa58]

6. I don't see it....

...when Hillary is doing well they say she is, when Obama is doing well they say he is, when they are doing lousy they say that too.

McCain is the one who gets the media pass- they're not even paying attention to him.

[Frustratedlady]

7. Terry is delusional.

[Faygo Kid]

30. 90% of the media? Praising Faux News? The smell of desperation.

God, I had hoped they would go out with class.

Or at least all their marbles intact. This is indeed delusional.

[tledford]

40. Delusional was the word that came to my mind, too. nt

[cliffordu]

8. Reality: Votes "In the tank" for Obama.

[damntexdem]

20. But we can't trust the Democratic electorate: they're biased for Obama!

;-)

[shadowknows69]

9. Wahhhh

Yeah that two full weeks of Pastorgate was so Obama friendly

[high density]

10. Sounds just like Bushco complaining there is no "good news" coming from Iraq

The coverage is going to be "biased" toward the winner unless the media starts making up stuff and forgets how to add.

[dkf]

11. I'd say the candidate who runs the positive campaign will get

nicer comments than the candidate who runs the negative campaign.

[NJmaverick]

12. ROFLMAO!!! Yeah that must be it, if they can't distort reality to see things the bizzarro hillary

way, they must be "biased". Man talk about drinking the koolaide.:rofl:


Getting to know this king of fools mcauliffe, I can see why the party did so poorly under his leadership.

[TahitiNut]

13. Poor Hillary! I guess Saturday Night Live is dead to her now.

I sure she thinks George Stephanopoulus is Fair & Balanced, though. Uh-huh. Riiiight (Or is that "wright"?)

She's SUCH a victim! A contemporary Lazarus! :nopity:

[redqueen]

14. “We have to deal with the hand we’re dealt with.”

I hope that's a misquote. That extra "with" is really irksome.

[damntexdem]

21. Well, after all, we have to go to war with the army we have with.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

27. Hillary's been dealt a Queen high. Time to fold.

[bowens43]

15. one excuse after another with these clowns.

Hillary had every advantage. She lost. Period.

[scheming daemons]

16. The last time they made this argument, they used SNL as a counter....

...saying that "Look at SNL! Even THEY can see that the media is in the tank for Obama!"


I don't think they'll use that argument now.


:rofl:

[Dr Fate]

17. Funny how the DLC & bluedogs want to take on media bias all of a sudden.

Where were they on the issue of media bias during the Iraq war or during the last 4 elections?

Where was the support & cries of "media bias" from the DLCers during John Conyer's basement media hearings?

Another example of "the fighter" only fighting when it is her skin.

[damntexdem]

18. Hmm, so all the media is biased except for the "responsible," 'fair and balanced' Faux News?

Well, McAuliffe certainly seems to be defining himself with his assertions.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

19. Right. Fox, MSNBC, CNN, are all part of a Vast Left Wing Conspiracy!!

Against the poor, hapless, Clintons.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[highplainsdem]

22. The pro-Obama bias has been noted by FAIR, CMPA & Pew Research

FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting), on Obama mania in the media already by early last year:

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3094




A St. Petersburg Times article about the pro-Obama, anti-Clinton bias as documented by the Center for Media and Public Affairs, and the Pew Research Center:

http://www.sptimes.com/2008/03/09/Opinion/Media_tainted_by_anti.shtml



This isn't something the Clintons made up.

[Dr Fate]

31. That was "early last year"- Before weeks & weeks of Pastorgate, "elitism", Weathermen, etc.

n/t

[highplainsdem]

32. The CMPA and Pew Research findings were this spring. FAIR's

assessment of the pro-Obama bias among pundits was early last year. The bias has been obvious all along.

I've heard Obama backers say the media showed bias in favor of Clinton simply for referring to her as the obvious front-runner at a time when she was, and it was merely a statement of fact, about poll results. But those statements about her popularity among voters were very often followed by criticism of her.

The fact there was coverage of what Reverend Wright said -- in part because of Wright himself fanning the flames -- does NOT outweigh months and months of pro-Obama, anti-Clinton coverage.

And you know, I don't for one second believe that if the delegate stats were reversed and Clinton were slightly ahead, the media would be urging Obama to get out of the race. They'd be praising him for staying in.

[Dr Fate]

33. Thet must have blocked Pastorgate from their TVs & newspapers then...

Because besides the Bosnia thing (which blew over weeks ago)- I've not seen the media single out Clinton for a "scandal" and then proceed to w/ 24/7 coverage for weeks at a time.

Frankly, I dont think either DEM candidate is getting much positive coverage- all that goes to McCain...

Hillary's coverage is a moot point anyway-and Speaking of McCain- I'm ready to start fighting him whenever you are...

[Tarheel_Dem]

23. More whining from the Clinton camp? Bill told Obama to toughen up &

quit whining, when Obama never even said anything. Hillary told him if he can't stand the heat..blah blah blah. I am so sick of the doublespeak coming from the Clinton camp. They were so confident that bittergate and pastorgate would end Obama's campaign, and when that didn't happen, they started to blame the media & everyone else for not taking him out.

The media sure got over snipergate quickly. It's almost as if it never happened. Obama has been made to denounce and disavow people who were creating mischief before he was even a gleam in his father's eye. Hillary has not been made to do that. And she still hasn't firmly denounced Mark Penn's activities.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

29. Hillary has made a career out of double speak. Time to exit - stage right of course.

[Tarheel_Dem]

37. Agreed. nt

[City Lights]

24. Cry me a river...

:nopity:

The media has been keeping the USS Hill afloat since Super Tuesday, Terr. :eyes: Any other candidate would have been laughed out of the race a long time ago.

[Forkboy]

26. The media is in the tank for themselves.

[redqueen]

28. That is correct. The media, of course, being a wholly-owned subsidiary...

of the MIC.

[AtomicKitten]

34. hmmmmm, I guess I was distracted by the ABC debate and the Rev. Wright-a-thon

[Arrowhead2k1]

35. Correction: Media 'in the tank' with the winner.

GTFO already Hillary!

[thoughtcrime1984]

36. She didn't mind when everybody was bashing Obama with Wright

That is one poor campaign.

[quantass]

42. The media is all for infotainment. If there's controversey they will EXPLOIT IT. No one safe.