Since “Change” won, can we start with the Media?

Seriously, now that Obama has won can we just admit that the Media were his running mate? Objective observers can’t disagree that the national Media were tripping over themselves to elect the first Black President.

I know hundreds of journalists and the overwhelming majority of them are Democrats. While some of them try and hide their bias, very few of them can. I have no problem with reporters being partisan but with their inability to admit that their partisanship directly effects their work – especially during emotional national campaigns – has ruined their credibility. With newspapers in decline and cable television becoming more opinionated, it is time for the public to demand a change in Who brings us the news.

If “Change” is good for the political process then it should hold true for all the pundits and journalists that feed us the “facts” during the political process. It is time to “change” the media.

CNN, which claims to be the only unbiased cable news station, is marketing and selling President Obama t-shirts (no joke). Jack Cafferty today read 4 emails on camera that he says he received from typical Americans and every one of them was an Obama supporter, Wolff Blitzer and Soledad O’brien were giddy last night every time Obama won a state, Jessica Yellin was assigned to cover Obama-Biden and she’s a total partisan Democrat, Ed Henry has been chided by CNN Executives for Bush-bashing and crossing the line while covering The White House beat for CNN.

The New York Times, ABC News, CBS News and of course NBC News are all filled with partisan Democrats i know well. While the Republicans have their supporters in the Media too, albeit in drastically fewer outlets, what is mostly offensive from the Liberal partisan Media is their assumption that their journalistic standard is unbiased and above reproach.

When Linda Douglas left ABC News where she covered the Bush Administration for many years to join the Obama campaign as the Spokeswoman it should have been a national Media story about journalistic standards and integrity. The fact that Linda’s new job was largely ignored by her peers is appalling and telling. When Charlie Gibson started his one on one interview with Obama, the week before the Presidential election on November 4th, with a giggle and the question “Have you thought about what decision you will make first on November 5th?” every American should have felt betrayed.

This year’s Presidential Election proved to be entirely too much for the national Media to contain their excitement. The historic nature of electing the first Black President was an emotional time for America, but Obama’s inexperience begged for a thorough review of his qualifications from the national Media not a coronation. Now that President-elect Obama has officially won the election, I will be very anxious to see Who the major news outlets select as the reporters to cover the Obama White House. The American people deserve new and unbiased political reporters covering Washington.

Richard Grenell has been a Spokesman for public officials at the local, state, national and international level for 15 years.