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Is The News Media 'In The Tank' For Barack Obama?

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: July 26, 2008

No Sympathy For Party

Regarding "Obama Exposure Irritates GOP" (front page, July 23):

I simply love the duality of our political parties as is reflected in this headlined story.

John McCain's prior assertions that Barack Obama could not know the true status of security in Iraq and Afghanistan because he had not traveled there got wide exposure. Obama answered by going there, and suddenly it is a political stunt.

I guess we must assume McCain's recent trip(s) when he "walked freely through a market" - with 100 or so of our best troops as guards - and could not separate Sunnis from Shiites, was not political.

Many questioned why McCain was often left relatively untouched by the media and in some venues was being called a "darling of the press." His party never objected.

ARTHUR N. EGGERS

Tampa

Stop Whining

Regarding "Obama Exposure Irritates GOP" (front page, July 23):

That's funny; John McCain didn't complain when the media went after Obama with wall-to-wall coverage over his pastor's comments.

McCain isn't the man I used to think he was. He should take a cue from his former economic advisor and stop whining.

KEN GULLETTE

Tampa

Smells Political Bias
We can now add The Tampa Tribune to the list of media outlets that are totally "in the tank" for Barack Obama.

The July 22 edition ran an extremely abbreviated version of the AP story titled "Paper Defends Rejecting McCain Article." The Trib conveniently left out the majority of the story, including the most important fact - that The New York Times had recently printed an op-ed article written by Obama.

The Times' rejection of the McCain submission smells of political bias, yet the average person reading the Tribune's interpretation would not be able to draw that conclusion. I expect this kind of slant from the paper across the Bay, not the Tribune.

GARRY ADAMS

Tampa

More Details Needed

Regarding "Obama Says Troops Better Used In Afghanistan" (Nation/World, July 23):
Barack Obama wants "redeployment of our combat brigades" to "combat a perilous situation in Afghanistan." Remembering that my fellow Americans who unconditionally love the junior senator and the media who idolize him are expecting change - e.g. ending of war - this seems to be an untenable statement for him to make. But no one seems to mind.

This growing, extreme change in how Obama talks about U.S. involvement in the Middle East is portrayed as nothing more than a wise man gaining more information to make evolved informed decisions. But when John McCain says the same things, he's portrayed as a typical Republican warmonger. How can this be when they both say the same things?

How wise of me to realize that Obama must now know all the details!

My head is spinning as I write this to the point of nausea.

MICHAEL J. ZMISTOWSKI

Tampa

Looking Out For GOP

Regarding "Understandable Drop In Voter Sign-ups" (Our Opinion, July 19):

For The Tampa Tribune to take a stand publicly that Florida should not have to comply with the National Voter Registration Act and that the nonprofit group ACORN is wrong to call them on it is more painful proof the mainstream media in America is looking out for the Republican Party at the expense of the rest of America and has no interest in serving as any kind of watchdog or truth-teller.

MARY GLASS

Escondido, Calif.

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