Hillary interviewed by NYMag about the media bias during the primaries

[sueragingroz]

It's an interesting read and I think that it's recent enough to merit posting here:

http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/44211/?imw=Y

An excerpt from the article follows but I suggest that you read the whole thing.

That the campaign exaggerates its degree of outrage, and Hillary her victimhood, in order to gain a tactical advantage is obvious. But that doesn’t mean their critique is meritless—quite the contrary. The more interesting question, however, is what role each campaign has had in fostering a media dynamic that has clearly favored Obama and plainly damaged Clinton. And also whether that dynamic will come back to bite Obama if he’s the Democratic nominee.



It’s worth pointing out, to begin with, that the Clinton forces are hardly alone in noting the disparity. “Both of them have gotten an enormous amount of play,” says Marion Just, a political scientist at Wellesley who has made a systematic study of the coverage of the race. “But the coverage of Hillary has been primarily negative, while the coverage of Obama has been so positive that you have to call him, though I really hate this term, a media darling.”

[spinbaby]

1. Yes, agree

I'm an Obama supporter at the moment but I'd be the first to acknowledge that the media is biased. This morning was all about how Hillary is going negative against Obama.

[kikiek]

2. it will come back to bite him. The higher they put you the farther you fall.

If anyone knows this it is the media. I think Obama is in for a very hard landing. And the way he is feeding the Hillary frenzy he is creating some very bitter Hillary supporters. Those combined will haunt him, and could very well cost him should he win the nomination. Great article I hope everyone actually reads it.

[sueragingroz]

3. absolutely

In January I was authentically on the fence. Now I've become an ardent Hillary supporter. For two reasons:

1) I learned a lot more about Hillary and started to look beyond the meme and also because

2) I learned a lot more about Obama and started to look beyond the meme.

[bellasgrams]

5. I know if the GE were tomorrow and he was the nominee I

could not support him. I am sick of him and his better than thou attitude. He has attacked her consistently and sometimes Bill but if she or they try to fight back they are pounded by the media.

[kikiek]

7. Me too. I am hoping Hillary wins or that I soften my attitude towards him. Best bet is Hillary tho.

[LibDemAlways]

9. If Obama gets the nom the media will turn on him

with a frenzy that will make the swiftboaters look like a bunch of Sunday School teachers. It's going to be brutal.

[Evergreen Emerald]

4. It worked for Bush and the neo-cons

[MethuenProgressive]

6. kick & rec for Obama, "the media darling"

[JimGinPA]

8. I Believe Fox May Skew Anti-Hillary

And some MSNBC hosts/pundits don't hide their dislike for her, you do have to chalk a lot of the seemingly negative coverage to the fact there have been a lot more positives for the Obama campaign than for hers. No reason to spin the truth, it is what it is.

[juajen]

10. This was very interesting, the jist of which most Hillary supporters

are very much aware of. The problem is that most voters are just not readers. The hear only the sound bytes. Hillary's supporters need to invent new sound bytes for her and try to overpower the obamites intentional slander.

Uniter my ass! This man is the most divisive mistake to ever hit the democratic party. Because we see the hypocracy, lies and sexism, and yes, reverse racism, simply says to us that this man is a charlatan. This in a nutshell is why so many hill supporters declare not only their immunity to his supposed charm, but declare they will not support him if he wins the nomination.

What is really bothering me now, is the possibity that he is a republican in disguise, and the combined forces of deluded democrats and in-the-know republican manipulation could put us in another eight years of scary shit that will make the Bush administration look tame by comparison.

Yes, I am that scared of Glitterbama.

[sueragingroz]

11. I wouldn't put anything past

http://bp3.blogger.com/_vH5f59Og-Sc/Rsk8dPZMnAI/AAAAAAAAA7g/JRs1kzPFYOU/s320/rove+obama.jpg

[theHandpuppet]

16. "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!"

Should Obama get the nomination, he and his followers will soon discover they're not in Kansas anymore.

[loveangelc]

12. yeah the media is biased. I am an Obama supporter but even I can see it.

hopefully it will help get him to the nomination...i know that seems wrong but im hoping for it.

[creeksneakers2]

13. Its always been this way for the Clintons

The right wing created a Hillary hater demographic that has an appetite for slander about the Clintons. The media is always happy to tell those people what they want to hear. Its good for ratings.

There's also resentment among major media figures because their egos were hurt when the couldn't destroy the Clintons before. They are out to get her again and they get away with it. So few journalists, like the one who wrote the article above, will point out the hypocrisy. The right wing managed to create an unwritten rule that its OK to spread hatred and lies about the Clintons.

[ProSense]

14. Hillary courted the wingnut media and they set her up good (including Murdoch and Sciafe)

Hillary courted the wingnut media and they set her up good

[rodeodance]

15. . “But the coverage of Hillary has been primarily negative," This a reseached conclusiong

[Beregond2]

17. Media...

Please. For the past three years we have been continually bombarded by the media with the message that Hillary was the inevitable nominee. If the emphasis has shifted a bit toward Obama now, she hardly has cause to complain.