Too little too late

A shocking bit of news from the Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell this week. It seems she thinks that the Post was a little too easy on Obama over this year.

But Obama deserved tougher scrutiny than he got, especially of his undergraduate years, his start in Chicago and his relationship with Antoin “Tony” Rezko, who was convicted this year of influence-peddling in Chicago. The Post did nothing on Obama’s acknowledged drug use as a teenager.

Oh, no kidding? Ya think? Spend a little too much time trying to dig up crap on the Republican candidates that on the guy who was paling around with terrorists, felons and racists? Oh, and maybe they weren’t tough enough on on Joe Biden, too;

One gaping hole in coverage involved Joe Biden, Obama’s running mate. When Gov. Sarah Palin was nominated for vice president, reporters were booking the next flight to Alaska. Some readers thought The Post went over Palin with a fine-tooth comb and neglected Biden. They are right; it was a serious omission.

And, as Newbusters Matthew Balan wrote, other reporters are starting to mention how creepy the Obama culture of personality suddenly seems – but they didn’t notice until he gave his victory speech.

I suspect between now and January we’re going to see a bunch of admissions of bad behavior from the media – but they’ll trickle out and they’ll be empty admissions with no apologies. But will they change their behavior?

Found at doubleplusundead.

Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Liberals suck, Media, Politics