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.”
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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