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OCTOBER 30, 2011

FOR HERMAN CAIN, a high-tech lynching? Well, the press didn’t spend much time looking into the past of the last black guy who looked like he might be President, so they’re putting a lot more effort into it this time. . . .
Posted at 11:15 pm by Glenn Reynolds
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Oh, yes, indeed. The media went to extraordinary lengths to avoid investigating anything about candidate Obama, being far more interested in presenting him as the unblemished Savior of the World.  And attacking Sarah Palin's kids.  And covering for John Edwards.  And smearing the Tea Parties.  And so on.

Of course, Job One from here out will be a series of hit jobs on any GOP candidate who appears to be gaining traction.  That much you can count on.  CBS's Bob Schieffer just used his interview time with Herman Cain to scold him for a video that showed his campaign manager smoking.  This is the same Bob Schieffer who, for some reason, has never shown any interest in the fact that Obama himself came into the White House with a smoking habit, one that he probably still has.  

But none of the junk people like Schieffer throw around will be very effective, because tools like him long ago squandered whatever credibility they once might have had.  People are not as stupid as CBS thinks; most of them can recognize the difference between an agenda-driven poseur and a real journalist.

Byron