the media will not allow President Obama to succeed.

this country is completely broken.

period.

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the right wing always did that.

that lies

do it for them?

on the one-sided media. For example, media pundits knew full well that protesters at the town hall meetings did not represent the views of the American people, yet acted as if they did. This demonstrated a clear favoritism for the insurance industry's desired outcome. Another example: the media knows full well that only a small number of extremists would complain that the president would address the school children, yet the M$M behaved as if this insanity is a mainstream sentiment. The media lends credence to the most absurd ideas-like the birth certificate issue. And this is the way the M$M operates on most every issue. Fox News, of course, simply makes the most outrageous claims because they have an audience that will believe anything. So our claim that the media is to blame is a valid one. And I don't give a fuck what the RW does.

The media is an arm of the right wing and if we don't do something about this we have truly lost it all.

away by being weak. The media are the high-school wannabes - they want to eat lunch with the jocks and cheerleaders. Obama came in as the quarterback, and let the RW sack him and spit on him. He's horribly wounded - early. And hasn't shown he can take a punch. But we're about to see.

never has a president had a 24/7 anti democrat/Obama channel...faux

They never referred to bush or Clinton during the first 100 days as racist, communist, socialist, nazi, unAmerican, or not even born a citizen.

It is more than just less negative views, it is what those views state, and the views against Obama have been more hateful and disgusting that I can remember

When the Captan was rescued from the pirates, the media floated negative comments about Obama during that time, how he impeded the rescue for political gain

Maybe no one remembers the teabaggers, and how much coverage the media gave them

When Obama visited overseas, the media were giving a lot of coverage to negative stories about him

They were floating negative stories on Obama even when the two reporters were negotiated a release from North Korea

I am sorry, but the type of negative stories floated about Obama were far worse than just numbers can convey

Don't we remember the 'stimulus package' and how there were four media representatives against it for every two representative in favor. See, Pew is no longer reliable, like NPR they have been intercepted by corporate interests.

ask Sarah Palin about AIP but they went on for months about Reverend Wright.

This is a critical week for the administration, IMO.

at him. However, I think that is the problem, he is not using the same fight he did in the primaries, and that has got to change, he cannot let them get away with the lies

Don't rewrite history. Not on DU. How dare you try that crap?

I don't remember the "amazing support" as much as I remember the crap about him not putting his hand on his heart during the pledge of allegiance. If you think they are upset about him being "weak" you are wrong, they WANT him to be weak because they do not want someone who challenges the corporate agenda.

The Congressional Dems and the administration in the White House, both of which refuse to fight for what is right, but rather they cave to corporate interests.

Sorry, but that bullshit doesn't fly.

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Erraaa... You mean the ones that OWN the media outlets?

I don't think that negates what the OP said however. The media is owned by wealthy corporate interests and they don't want even the modest reforms that Obama is proposing, they allow people to spew about how baby steps represent "socialism" well aware that most of their viewers don't even know what socialism is but knowing that their previous propaganda has made people associate the word with Stalin and Mao. I think the media has been very unfair to Obama but that does not make me dismiss the fact that Obama and Congressional Dems have been very weak in fighting back.

This is 100% President Obama's fault. He bears all responsibility.

The buck stops at the oval office.

I have been critical of Obama on many occasions, but this country is about more than a single person. The President is often said to have a lot more power than they actually have, Obama is not a dictator and the words and actions of others do have an impact on our society.

Yes YOU bear some of the responsibility for what is going on right now. We all bear some of the responsibility and we need to get out there and get active rather than expecting one person to do everything for us.