The presidential campaign has entered the final, intense 30 days. As you watch and listen for the next four weeks, keep these comments about the media from the omniscient Instapundit in mind.
Media bias used to mean that they would slow-walk stories that reflected badly on their candidate; now they just flat out ignore them, or even try to shoot them down. They're not just in the tank, they're functioning as arms of the campaign, and Obama's strategy shows that he knows that and is relying on it.
This weekend's case in point: the Associated Press cries racism when Sarah Palin reminds voters of Barack Obama's lengthy association with unrepentent 1960s terrorist William Ayers.
As scholar Stanley Kurtz has noted, that association is in fact long-held and important in the story of Barack Obama's rise to prominence. Nothing about it is "racially tinged" but that's the murky depth to which the traditional media has descended.
It'll get worse. Hang on.
Posted by Alan at October 5, 2008 06:18 PM