The FreeObama Press stuck to form by not appearing in any considerable numbers to greet John McCain on his arrival to New Hampshire.  (1 reporter is all the Press could muster).   I realize we are not a critical electoral catch, but this is a man running for President and he is in our state.  I guess the NH Press was busy washing their hair, or sitting with a sick friend.  So much for integrity.

From the Mad Irishman’s Conservative Consortium:

“In Manchester last night, there was just one reporter and one photographer waiting for McCain as his plane landed.

All three cable networks aired some of McCain’s town hall meeting today in Rochester, NH. Of the three news channels, MSNBC aired the most of McCain, from 12:21-12:35pm ET; FNC aired it from 12:17-12:27 and CNN took the McCain town hall from 12:22-12:26. All three aired this morning’s Barack Obama news conference in Jordan.”

Obama is on the cover of Newsweek more often than the average dictator is mentioned in their own government controlled press.  Obama gets to comment at length in the NYT, while McCain’s rebuttal is refused by the editorial board.  Most Daily newspapers in America run loads of Obama leaning AP stories with very little commentary on his opponent, unless it is negative, (just like with the Iraq War) with the possible exception of a few centrist or right leaning editorial pages.  No one is leading with the editorial page the last time I checked.  So it is hard to argue against the idea that the Press is in the tank for Obama.  They are, and I wont.  The democrats policy response to this is to attack talk radio with the “Fairness doctrine.”  Can you say Whose your daddy?

 Andy Webb over at Redstate adds some interesting perspective;

America’s media have figured out the problem of Obama not looking good by comparison and have decided to nullify it by not giving us anything to compare him to. They’ve also realized that if they cover the Republican candidate for President, even when that coverage is negative, it is after all still coverage, and that any coverage is better than no coverage. So the new game plan is to not cover the admittedly lackluster candidate at all.

Is McCain Lackluster?  Bill Duncan, who always seems to have well-measuerd comments over at Blue Hampshire, likes to point out just how lackluster Republican gatherings can be.  Regarding McCain’s appearance in New Hampshire he had this to say.

“But it’s true, John McCain’s town hall meeting was was very….well, small bore, I guess.”

But Blue Hampshire is like a modern Pepsi vs. Coke campaign, where one side is displayed as old fashioned duds, while the other is energetic and youthful.  Excitement is reported as lacking at every event they visit.  While I have no personal experience with which to comment, I know a mob is exciting, but I wouldn’t want to a part of it.  Drunken college parties are also very dynamic, and since most college students tend to be more liberal, maybethat’s what we need.  (It would explain some of the policies they believe)

 But Bill has a point.  If he doesn’t view conservatives as exciting–outside the issues–maybe that’s a problem.  But it is no reason for the press to abandon all objectivity.

The media is predominately democrat, (8 or 9 out of 10 by most accounts) and they are no longer afraid to show it.  So it is clear that the rumors of the death of free press are not exaggerated.   The media is biased, even here in new Hampshire.  It’s the Obama-Press now.   So how long before they try to reinterpret that into the first amendment?