On Sep 3, 2008, at 3:51 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
> --- On Wed, 9/3/08, John Thornton <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> In the end the ruling class will probably fear a nut-bag
>> like Palin more
>> than a centrist like Obama so look for media coverage to
>> heavily favor
>> Obama from this point forward.
>> This has already been portrayed as a hasty, ill-advised
>> choice by the
>> NYT's and the WaPost.
>> The rest of the media will follow their lead.
>>
>
> [WS:] This is my hope too, but as they say in the old country hope
> is the mother of fools.
The emerging consensus, as the pundits like to say, among the pundit class, at least as reflected in my daily dose of the stuff, is that the press is turning on McCain after years of warmth because he's started being a dick to them. Add to that a bourgeois preference for Obama (I presume), and it's likely we'll see more of this spin. Add to that addition the Obama-Murdoch peace deal, too.
Doug