"The Race Is On": One of this afternoon's hot political topics on CNN was the news media's speculative treatment of Senator Hillary Clinton's Presidential campaign.Following last night's final Democratic debate before the March 4 primaries, questions arose amongst pundits regarding television's possible bias towards Senator Barack Obama and against
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I just think the media focuses too much on the horse-race aspect, and not enough on the issues. All they present are percentages and projections for who will win, nothing of real substance about the candidates themselves. We hear more about their tactics to defeat each other than we do their tactics to make America better. You really have to make an effort to see where each candidate stands on the issues.
The funny thing is, both Hillary and Obama stand in much the same place on a lot of issues.
In some respects, the media's reporting that support for Hillary Clinton is declining becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. At the same time, the media refers to Obama's campaign as "Obamania," as if you'd have to be crazy to support him.
So, it goes both ways, but I can't judge who's getting the worst of it.
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