A Washington Post report at the link below is titled A Giddy Sense of Boosterism.
Writer Howard Kurtz lists just a few instances illustrating how the news and other media have been unashamedly “in the tank” for Barack Obama calling OBAMAISM a religion and even comparing Obama to Lincoln!
1. NBC News is coming out with a DVD titled “Yes We Can: The Barack Obama Story.”
2. ABC and USA Today are rushing out a book on the election.
3. HBO has snapped up a documentary on Obama's campaign.
4. Newsweek has a commemorative issue “Obama's American Dream” which is “filled with so many iconic images and such stirring prose that it could have been campaign literature.”
5. A Time cover (pictured) depicting Obama as FDR, complete with jaunty cigarette holder.
6. “The Obamas' New Life!” blares People's cover, with a shot of the family.
7. Us Weekly goes with a Barack quote: “I Think I'm a Pretty Cool Dad.”
8. The Chicago Tribune trumpets that Michelle “is poised to be the new Oprah and the next Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis -- combined!” for the fashion world.
9. The New York Times refers to the “Generation O.”
10. The New York Post has already christened it “BAM-A-LOT.”
11. “OBAMAISM -- It's a Kind of Religion,” says New York magazine.
12. Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham whose new issue compares Obama to Lincoln.
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