It's interesting that the American public believes that the press is biased toward and for the Obama campaign, yet the press themselves believe they are presenting fair and balanced coverage; not favoring either candidate and certainly not in any way disadvantaging the Republican candidates, John McCain and Sarah Palin.
It would be unthinkable, wouldn't it, that the press corps could be subtley or even overtly pushing an agenda in support of Obama and Biden?
When John McCain, who all agree has had the most favorable access policy for the press than any other candidate, is held up to ridicule by the national press for stumbling with an irrelevant question on how many homes he has and Obama in similar fashion makes a statement in Beaverton, Oregon that he has visited 57 states and implies that the US is made up of 60 states and the coverage by the same press is nearly non-existent; then yes, it's credible that the public has an entirely different take on the fairness of press coverage.
Apparently, it would seem some in NBC management must finally believe so too, as both Chris Mathews and Keith Olbermann have been "re-assigned" and replaced by David Gregory; this coming after blatantly biased and lopsided coverage of the Republican National Convention by MsNBC.
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