At his Town Hall at the DNC the other day, President Obama took notice of how dysfunctional the media’s role has become:
“…I have to say, part of the reason it spreads is the way reporting is done today. If somebody puts out misinformation, ‘Obama’s Creating Death Panels,’ then the way the news report comes across is: ‘Today such-and-such accused President Obama of putting forward death panels. The White House responded that that wasn’t true.’ And then they go on to the next story. And what they don’t say is, ‘In fact, it isn’t true.’
“You know, it’s fine to have a debate back and forth — he said, she said — except when somebody else is just not even telling remotely the truth. Then you should say in your reports, ‘Oh, and by the way, that’s just not true.’
“But that doesn’t happen often enough.”
You got that right. He made this observation after being asked a question via Twitter wanting to know where all of the lies about the reform effort come from. Not only did he point the finger at certain cable channels, but reminded folks that they are not being informed by a media who thinks that objectivity is just reporting the he say/she say.
More like this please!
And if you are interested in the entire video:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdrXh7wunMM[/youtube]