Anti-Obama Coverage Puts Reporters on DefensiveRandy Shawbyline‚ Jul. 29‚ 2008While nearly all of the national and international media trumpeted Barack Obama’s recent trip to Europe and the Middle East, the New York Times refused to join the crowd. On the day after Obama’s acclaimed speech in Berlin, the Times front-page story observed that the candidate was “pleasing crowds without the specifics,” and was “vague on crucial issues of trade, defense and foreign policy.” Nor was the Times impressed by Obama’s Mideast tour, which it labeled “Change Mideast Does Not Believe In.” Meanwhile, Times reporter Adam Nagourney lashed out at the Obama campaign for its criticism of the paper’s coverage after previously acknowledging that its point by point rebuttal to his July story was justified. Here’s our roundup of the Times’ news coverage of the presidential race over the past week, and it is not a pretty story. |