The big story on talk radio and the internet Monday was the discovery of a 2001 radio interview with Illinois State Senator Barack Obama, in which Obama talked about the "flaws" in the United States Constitution. Additionally, he bemoaned the fact that "redistributive economics" had not yet been achieved by the civil rights movement, because the movement focused too much on the courts, rather than on community organizing.
Since it was such a big story Monday, I wanted to see how the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News would report it on Tuesday. Not a word in either paper!
However, both papers did have related stories. Both reported on the continuing decline in circulation of their newspapers. Continued year-to-year drops in circulation were also reported by the New York Times, L.A. Times, Atlanta Journal Constitution, and Washington Post, among many others.
Why do I consider these reports to be related to the discovery of the public radio interview with Obama? Because the Obama story was dug up by one individual, not by a journalist working for some big city newspaper. How could that be? Because that one individual wanted voters to know the truth.
Update:Today the big story on the internet and talk radio is that the L.A. Times has a video of the Obamas partying with a terrorist. The Times is refusing to release the tape. If they had a tape on Sarah Palin or John McCain, do you think they would release it?
Do you see why I say these are related stories?
2 comments:
Yes, I see why you say these stories are related.
I have a link to where you can go to petition the LA Times to release that tape, Bob. It's on my last post.
Disgusting isn't it? We all know that video would be front and center 24/7 if it were about McCain. Somehow I hope there are more sensible people in the US than the polls say and that McCain/Palin will pull it out.
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