Press is unfair (news flash)

Okay, now, wait a moment. I saw the DrudgeReport headline, "First Lady Admits: 'Fortunately, We Have Help From The Media'" and followed it to the Real Clear Politics page titled "Michelle Obama: 'Fortunately, We Have Help From The Media,'" and I have to say, this is taken out of context disingenuously. (Although, as a standalone statement, Pete, you're certainly right about the understatement!)

MO was asked about how the family is preparing for the (actually the interviewer said "vicious") campaign ahead, and FLotUS responded that the press has been nice to leave their girls alone. There's nothing wrong with that. Of course, as Palin wrote (hilariously) about media treatment of her small N Korea gaffe versus the knuckle-headed errors they've let slide with O'Bama and A'Bidin, it would be nice if the media treatment were even-handed in their treatment of political folks' kids. Or even Palin's!

To be clear, I certainly wasn’t on Pete’s case! And, Integrity, so true “it is such an obvious, obnoxious fact of life we have to endure daily”! Just saying Drudge and Real Clear were playing loose, and it behooves us to stay true and not play the other side’s twisted gotcha games. My main point was, it’s fine if the media is nice to the Obama babies. The real hypocrisy in the story is not the out-of-context gotcha quote (which is, after all, funny, in case I forgot to LOL) but that the courtesy toward family MO spoke of is (along with all the other LaughingStock Media biases) not even-handed. If one of the Obama girls stuck her tongue out like one of the Bush girls once did, would we ever see the pic?

Thanks for the welcome, Dee, and Integrity, and Chrissy on that other thread. Nice place. Mrs W was just complimenting the decor. Glad to bee here.