Is Obama the Anti-Christ?

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I agree. Tim Russert was also, which is one of the reasons that I like Meet the Press.

I do try very hard to avoid op-ed type pieces (like the ones that are implying racism in Palin's comments). I don't see the comments as racist. I mean, Hilary brought up the same issue during the primaries. It didn't make a difference. Interestingly, Hilary did that when it was becoming clear that Obama was going to win the nomination and it seemed like a desperate attempt to turn things around when she did it.

What's interesting to me is that the article I linked is not a op/ed piece at least in name and placement in most newspapers. It's presented as a AP news story, which used to be an area in which people at least pretended to be objective.

Sure the AP can carry columnists and opinion pieces, but if you look for that article in your local paper, I don't think that's how it will be presented.

ETA: well, the headline does start with "Analysis" which I suppose to most readers should trigger a recognition of bias.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

What's interesting to me is that the article I linked is not a op/ed piece at least in name and placement in most newspapers. It's presented as a AP news story, which used to be an area in which people at least pretended to be objective.

Sure the AP can carry columnists and opinion pieces, but if you look for that article in your local paper, I don't think that's how it will be presented.

ETA: well, the headline does start with "Analysis" which I suppose to most readers should trigger a recognition of bias.

You're right, it's not clearly marked and I think we're seeing more and more of that lately.