An Obama Tilt in Campaign Coverage at the Post?

The Washington Post admits to its pro-Obama bias and even seems to brag about how their biased coverage changed the election. I am glad that they can admit to it, but putting in, after TWO looong years of campaigning, that they did not cover the negatives in Obama's life before the election is just teasing the angry mobs of conservatives. Not that any of us really read the Post anymore. The most I can admit to doing is linking to stories that others, mainly Drudge, have found and linked.

Media bias? What media bias? The Post did a great job of coverage on most points except on Obama and Biden, who was almost totally ignored. They admit it! That means no bias, right?

I would cancel my subscription, but I already did. Maybe I should sign up and cancel again, just to make the point.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110702895.html

The Post's biographical pieces, especially the first ones -- McCain by Michael Leahy and Obama by David Maraniss -- were compelling. Maraniss demystified Obama's growing-up years; the piece on his mother and grandparents was a great read. Leahy's first piece on McCain's father and grandfather, both admirals, told me where McCain got his maverick ways as a kid -- right from the two old men.

But Obama deserved tougher scrutiny than he got, especially of his undergraduate years, his start in Chicago and his relationship with Antoin "Tony" Rezko, who was convicted this year of influence-peddling in Chicago. The Post did nothing on Obama's acknowledged drug use as a teenager.

The Post had good coverage of voters, mainly by Krissah Williams Thompson and Kevin Merida. Anne Hull's stories from Florida, Michigan and Liberty University, and Wil Haygood's story from central Montana brought readers into voters' lives. Jose Antonio Vargas's pieces about campaigns and the Internet were standouts.

One gaping hole in coverage involved Joe Biden, Obama's running mate. When Gov. Sarah Palin was nominated for vice president, reporters were booking the next flight to Alaska. Some readers thought The Post went over Palin with a fine-tooth comb and neglected Biden. They are right; it was a serious omission. However, I do not agree with those readers who thought The Post did only hatchet jobs on her. There were several good stories on her, the best on page 1 by Sally Jenkins on how Palin grew up in Alaska.