Another right wing canard
I was in the press tent in Chicago on election night, with some hundred other journalists whose news organizations had ponied up large for a tabled seat at Grant Park. These were all veteran reporters, including the “travelling media” posse – embeds – who had accompanied Barack Obama throughout the campaign. At 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Wolf Blitzer appeared on the giant television screen to announce Obama had won the U.S. presidency, as projected by CNN, which was hardly a risky declaration with several big swing states already in the bag. Huge cheers erupted, squeals of delight, and some reporters high-fived.
So what? Another right wing canard. Reporters are human beings, after all. They’re entitled to their celebrations. It’s not as though their favoring a candidate biases their coverage.