Media Disenchantment with Obama – Is the Adulation Finished?

Not entirely, but it is certainly waning in a big way.

Of course, The New York Times is holding fast.  To wit, the President’s frequently repeated false statements regarding the viability of insurance coverage prior to Obamacare occurred because he “misspoke”.  

  

Evidently, that dependably leftist newspaper would characterize a blatant lie as merely a misstatement of the truth if the person uttering it were politically agreeable.

 

Other charter members of the liberal media have proven to be less charitable.  The Washington Post and CBS News, in particular, have been quite skeptical of late regarding White House veracity.  Even newer members of the media, such as Jon Stewart’s Daily Show (Comedy Central Network) – usually a staunch supporter of the left – have become quite sarcastic in their commentary on the Administration’s “Affordable Care Act” rollout.

 

Don’t be misled.  They’ve hardly “seen the light” and decided to move to the right.  But media members formerly trumpeting Barack Obama are feeling mighty embarrassed.  Part of the reason may be the recognition (finally!) that our President and his team have a casual relationship with the truth (“Fast and Furious”, Benghazi, wire-tapping and health insurance promises, for instance).

However, I suggest that the obvious incompetence in the White House is a far greater cause of the media’s new-found jaundiced eye. 

Most of the press applauded – and did what they could to support – Obama’s election in 2008 and 2012.  They did so not only because of his liberal/left ideology but also as a result of their belief in his first campaign slogan “yes we can!”.   Obama was viewed, not merely as a fellow liberal, but more importantly, as a president who would be able to implement the liberal agenda.

 

They hoped and expected that he would not only make agreeable promises but actually be able to carry them out with the cooperation of the government controlled by the Democratic Party for the two year period after the 2008 election.  The disaster which is Obamacare has dashed their hopes.  Promises, as the saying goes, are cheap.  The last president who proclaimed himself a liberal was Jimmy Carter.  (Bill Clinton was too smart for that trap.)  We all know how that ended.  Incompetence leaps to mind.

 

Obama was supposed to be different.  He was young, bright, well- educated, and a minority, to boot, who would assuage the guilt of white liberals.  How could he fail?

 

But he has.  So the general media is cutting its connection.

The liberal media may despise conservatives but their attitude toward the incompetent Obama Administration which they have so faithfully supported is now a mixture of anger and contempt.  Their hopes have been betrayed.  Obama will pay.