TY - BOOK AU - Goldberg,Bernard TI - A slobbering love affair: the true (and pathetic) story of the torrid romance between Barack Obama and the mainstream media SN - 9781596980907 AV - FIC PS 908.3 .G65 2009 U1 - 973.932092 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Washington, DC PB - Regnery KW - Obama, Barack KW - Presidents KW - United States KW - Election KW - 2008 KW - Political campaigns KW - Press coverage KW - History KW - 21st century KW - Press and politics N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -