A slobbering love affair : the true (and pathetic) story of the torrid romance between Barack Obama and the mainstream media /
by Bernard Goldberg.
- Washington, DC : Regnery, c2009.
- 184 p. : 24 cm.
Includes index.
The media's get out of jail free card -- Pansy Ball -- Good night and go-- -- White liberal guilt -- PDS -- My conversation with Rush Limbaugh -- Hey, I'm just asking-- -- Jeremiah Wright and the media: don't tell, don't ask -- Joe the dirty rotten bastard -- Masquerading as the news -- Give me a break, I was only eight years old -- Life in the bubble -- Or maybe it does-- -- Plane-gate -- The unfairness doctrine -- Now they tell us -- It is what it is -- Ten questions for Barack Obama -- Who beat John McCain? -- Welcome to Bamalot -- The fix -- On the road to oblivion? -- Media activism: a case study.
Goldberg contends that the mainstream media crossed an important line in the 2008 presidential race, moving from a liberal bias to crass partisanship as spin doctors for Barack Obama.
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Obama, Barack--Relations with journalists.
Presidents--Election--United States--2008. Political campaigns--Press coverage--History--United States--21st century. Press and politics--History--United States--21st century.