The Breitbart Bombshell—Vetting President Obama or the Media?

To my knowledge I never read anything Andrew Breitbart wrote—I wouldn’t have recognized his face until I saw pictures in the news reporting his death on March 1. 

I’m a nut about analysis driving advocacy, but there are a ton of other things that should be driven by analysis also.  Like news reporting, for instance.

 

Take a look at this clip of CNN’s Soledad O’Brien interviewing Joel Pollak, Breitbart’s Editor-in-Chief.

Step back from the controversy about “Critical Race Theory”—it’s the first I’ve heard of this theory and I can’t possibly learn enough to comment on it any time in the near future.  Put aside, for the moment, questions about President Obama's previous associations with and support of Bill Ayers, Bernadette Dorn, Jeremiah Wright, and Derrick Bell.  Instead, focus on the question of the role of the media.  Here are some questions I'm asking about the media during this election cycle:

Is there any doubt that CNN and the other ‘main-stream’ media outlets are trying to persuade us to arrive at certain political conclusions? Do you welcome that? 

 

Is CNN really any better than MSNBC or Fox News, in this regard?

Has O’Brien’s overt bias in the interview damaged her credibility, in your mind, in any way?

The footage was not aired previously by the Boston PBS affiliate, WGBH.  Why?

Are Amy Holmes and Joel Pollak correct that the media and Charles Ogletree smell foul for keeping this back? 

Isn’t the white dude in the studio the guy who played Carla’s husband Eddie on Cheers?  Wha...?

I don’t know about you, but this video confirms my suspicion that people—even the ones that are supposed to be trustworthy—will do anything to get their guy elected this year.  It’s one reason I try to go back to the source data as much as I can. 

Pass the popcorn.  This year is going to be fantastic to watch!