Nov 18, 2008

Media boosting the cult of Obama

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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