Here is an interesting analysis of how the American media fawns over and covers up for Obama. The interesting part is understanding why it does it. There probably are some parallels with the media in Taiwan and the KMT.

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YOUR GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE MEDIA FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS

- John Nolte

Excerpts: "In other words, this time it's personal with the media, and should Obama fail or be rejected in any way, everything the media sees in itself and believes will have failed and been rejected.

To ensure this doesn't happen, from day one, the media's become a vital part of the Obama campaign and administration. They've propped Obama up, protected him, lied for him, and attempted to marginalize any threat to his power or electoral success. Yes, it's been and will remain trench warfare, but there's a much bigger goal the media has in mind that will help those of us in the trenches better understand exactly what it is we're up against.

Put simply, we have to get our minds around the fact that the media's over-arching goal is and always has been "History." For the media to affirm everything about itself, Obama must be remembered as One Of History's Great Presidents. Everything the media's done since Obama climbed onto the national stage has been geared towards exactly that."
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"But the worst part is that the media created a New Normal so that chronically high unemployment, anemic economic growth, an explosion in poverty, a wasted billion dollar stimulus, green energy cronyism, crushing deficits, and an explosion of social welfare spending could be defined as successful."

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