Rather interesting op-ed article, NOT a cartoon, from Cagle:
Super Tuesday’s over and there were no absolute winners — until Mitt Romney dropped out of the race.
Nonetheless, even before Romney withdrew and McCain, in effect, became his party’s nominee, we might as well have canceled the rest of the primaries and caucuses, since the media had already decided that this year’s standard bearers would be John McCain and Barack Obama.
Yes, somewhere along the line, the role of the media has changed from reporting on the primaries to deciding the primaries. They pick their favorites, they give them preferential treatment, they tear down their opponents, and they anoint their winning candidates even before voters have a chance to go to the polls.
http://www.caglepost.com/column.aspx?c=5328&pg=1