The Media Mess(ages)

The corporate media's coverage of the Presidential election (including the primaries) has been a stunning crapfest. Corporate media has a vested interest in a close election, as it gets viewers to tune into the news and thus increases ratings. They seek controversies anywhere they can find them and then magnify the significance of them. Often times, you will hear them discredit some of the falsehoods in the political commercials, only to hear them repeat those falsehoods later (if they mention the falsehoods at all). During all of this scrutiny of trivial items, the policy issues are ignored. Here are just a few examples of the ludicrous items that have been brought up in the media about Obama.

-Obama is too presidential
-The average American can't relate to Obama because he drinks orange juice
-Obama is too skinny for the average Joe
-Obama vacations in exotic locations (Hawaii)

The last one really cracks me up. I can't believe that Obama has been criticized for taking a short break in Hawaii prior to the DNC. The man was born in Hawaii, he has family in Hawaii, and, last time I checked, Hawaii is one of the fifty states that makes up the United States of America. So remember to think for yourselves when watching the news talk shows. In depth, relevant, critical reporting went out the window a long time ago.