Does anyone still doubt that many of the most influential members of the national press corps dislike Hillary Clinton and treat her accordingly? Bias is far too mild a term to describe the bullying she has endured on cable television as well as in print. Indeed, prejudice against her is evidently so ingrained in the culture of the political media by now that the most inflamed commentators and journalists no longer feel constrained to conceal their emotions in the name of objectivity. During the current primary season, the disparity in her treatment compared with that of her rivals -- especially the indulgent and even adoring coverage of Obama -- became simply too obvious to ignore.
This is one of the most inane things I have ever read. If any other candidate had planted debate questions, flip-flipped on the war, eschewed serious news shows for the likes of Oprah, faked tears and, generally, carried on the way that Hillary does, he or she would have been savaged far worse than she ever has been.
I will agree that the media finds Obama an appealing candidate and cuts him slack that they might not cut another candidate. But the idea that Hillary's gotten anything but a free ride is beyond laughable. It's almost Orwellian in its effort to rewrite history.
