Sunday, April 27, 2008

Who's Spinning the Media Yarn?


In recent news Senator Barack Obama has fallen in some polls due to his comments about Senator Hillary Clinton regarding the “small town bitterness” comment. Obama claims it was a misunderstanding on what he said and caused him to become defensive to a set of primaries that can help him win his set of white voters in bad economic communities. Obama had stated at a small Pennsylvania fund raiser that “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them” as a way to explain their frustrations,” according to the New York Times.
Obama’s remarks have been replayed in the media so much because it had a major affect on certain citizens who describe themselves as “small town citizens.” Even though Obama had apologized for this remarks and stated he had chosen the wrong words for this context as a person in the media I believe his remarks should be floating around. Public figures all the time have controversial remarks that they have made weather they regret them or not, it still out in the media. I agree with what Sen. Obama had said, his comment had truth in it, however, Sen. Clinton felt offended because of how she was raised; she claims to be a small town woman.
In addition to what the public figure said, their responses, apologizes, or anything else should also be covered just as much as the original remark. Nothing should be hidden from the world that a major political candidate had said, weather it has been bad or good. Former president Bill Clinton had made a remark a while back stating “Barack Obama’s campaign had been a fairytale.” This remark can come across offensive to the African American community, but the media covered that comment also.

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