Obama: media should not give equal weight to both sides
Brietbart.com reports,
Times writer Amy Chozick herself seemed quite star struck by the President giving us paragraph after paragraph filled with evidence of how impressed she is with Obama’s reading habits and media interaction. But for the President, the feeling isn’t mutual. . . .
While Mr. Obama frequently criticizes the heated speech of cable news, he sees what he views as deeper problems in news outlets that strive for objectivity. In private meetings with columnists, he has talked about the concept of “false balance” — that reporters should not give equal weight to both sides of an argument when one side is factually incorrect. He frequently cites the coverage of health care and the stimulus package as examples, according to aides familiar with the meetings.
The Me-Myself-and-I President says that the press should just stop giving that “factually incorrect” side all that coverage. He is right and that is all the press needs to report. There is no “other side” to an issue. Just Obama’s.