By John Tamny of RealClearMarkets
Responding to the almost monolithically positive coverage of the Obama administration by the national press, Phil Bronstein, editor-at-large for the Hearst Newspapers, observed recently that the Administration and the reporters covering it should “get a room.” And while USA Today’s account of Barack and Michelle Obama’s “United We Serve” initiative appeared after Bronstein’s quip, its coverage of same serves as yet another example of a media apparently unwilling to show even the remotest amount of skepticism about an Administration and program that deserve a great deal of it.
As USA Today’s Andrea Stone wrote, “First Lady Michelle Obama will launch a summer of service” that the “White House hopes will help the economy recover through the work of individuals.” This is not a joke, and this is also not a parody of slavish White House reportage from the Onion. Stone was serious.
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