MEDIA FOCUS: What About Obama’s Lobbyist Denial?
09 January 2008 8:51 am by Taylor Marsh
MEDIA FOCUS: What About Obama’s Lobbyist Denial? updated
Mark Halperin was on “Charlie Rose” last night. Halperin is one of the few people talking about the biased coverage against Clinton, and the glowing love for Obama.
HALPERIN’S TAKE: How the world will explain Clinton’s win despite final polling showing her way behind Obama. … .. read more (update to original post)
He took the media to task for it last night, as they so richly deserved. He and Arianna Huffington also got into a back and forth on it a bit later, with Halperin zeroing in on the lobbyist charge that Obama’s camp refused to answer during the debate, as well as later when ABC asked the campaign for a comment. Mark Halperin:
“How did you feel in the debate, Arianna, when Hillary Clinton said, One of your top people in New Hampshire is a registered lobbyist for the pharmaceutical industry? He disdainfully denied it and it’s a true fact. Did you feel– (Arianna interrupts him here)
Here’s the video of the exchange. Arianna agreed it should have gotten more coverage, but… watch the video.
Fast forward to this morning. Remember Chris Matthews last night? He said, after talking to Howard Wolfson, “I will never underestimate Hillary Clinton.” Take a look at this:
Well, well, well, that didn’t take long now did it? Chris Matthews never lets
us down.
Clinton got re-elected by convincing New Yorkers she could do the job for them.
Has Matthews not been listening to her talk policy? To the details of what she
wants to do for this country? Or is he just too lost?
Hillary Clinton is not a victim. She’s a U.S. Senator fighting for the nomination
to the presidency. Somebody tell Chris, will you?
Paging Mark Halperin. Everyone else seems to be asleep. Is the media going to ever ask Barack Obama tough questions on things that need answered? Or is he going to get off the hook this time too? Fairness, that’s all we’re asking.
This will go down as a classic. See eriposte for more.
