Media Cheer Biden Choice

Most of the corporate media cheered Barack Obama's selection of Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate, seeing the move as a signal that their well-circulated criticisms of Obama were on point. Full Story »

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Vincent Caminiti
3.7
by Vincent Caminiti - Oct. 1, 2008

This was a great piece - a synopsis of sorts and very concise and effective overview. As far a journalism it did satisfy fundamental requirements. After all, it was about Media Sources Cheering and that 's what it delivered, albeit not without supporting rationale. Important quotes were included from the punditry including one by Jonathan Alter - explaining that even when Biden snorted a joking line about 7-11's requiring an Indian accent - the claim of racism couldn't take root because everyone knows he's not. So in short - the article did provide a brief love fest for Biden that isn't much different than usual - he's not a press target. But now he's a press focus. This article delivered what it promised - a compendium of media cheers for Biden - to that end - it can't be faulted. As a matter of importance, it only hits medium on the scale since without media critics the value in general is greatly diminished from a journalistic perspective.

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