The SNL Effect
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This past weekend at another mock debate, SNL’s reporters asked Clinton’s character if she knew the name of the new Russian President, then after saying it aloud, asked Obama the same question. This went on and on, driving home the point that the harder questions go to Clinton.
This kind of allegation - that the media goes brain dead on an official and does not ask tough questions is a touchy subject today. Since 2003, the media has been dogged by bloggers, citizen journalists and media critics for literally being asleep at the switch and never questioning the White House on their allegations of Saddam Hussein’s stockpile of WMD’s. Faced again with the insinuation of failing to do their job, they went on the attack.
On the Monday before the Texas and Ohio primaries, Obama faced something new - an angry press corp. They wanted to know about Tony Rezko, his stance on NAFTA, and his readiness to be President. The press conference didn’t go so well for Obama. He walked out on in early. The next day, an almost stunned Obama told reporters traveling on his plane couldn’t believe they took the bait from the Clinton campaign. They didn’t. They took it from SNL.
And that changed everything in the democratic primary. If only SNL had done the same parody prior to the invasion of Iraq.
Read more on this at the associated link.
This kind of allegation - that the media goes brain dead on an official and does not ask tough questions is a touchy subject today. Since 2003, the media has been dogged by bloggers, citizen journalists and media critics for literally being asleep at the switch and never questioning the White House on their allegations of Saddam Hussein’s stockpile of WMD’s. Faced again with the insinuation of failing to do their job, they went on the attack.
On the Monday before the Texas and Ohio primaries, Obama faced something new - an angry press corp. They wanted to know about Tony Rezko, his stance on NAFTA, and his readiness to be President. The press conference didn’t go so well for Obama. He walked out on in early. The next day, an almost stunned Obama told reporters traveling on his plane couldn’t believe they took the bait from the Clinton campaign. They didn’t. They took it from SNL.
And that changed everything in the democratic primary. If only SNL had done the same parody prior to the invasion of Iraq.
Read more on this at the associated link.
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