newsbusters.org - 2/4/2009
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The rumors that members of the liberal elitist media sucked up to President Barack Obama to get jobs in the new administration just might be true. Some major players from the media have recently taken jobs in the administration or other plum political jobs in Washington, DC. Most notably these ...
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Associated Press figures out that Obama really is a mere mortal
Sister Toldjah —
... on the fact that several of their mainstream media colleagues have left their jobs in the newsroom in order to work for the Obama administration, which you would think they’d note gave credence to the belief by conservatives that the mainstream media is biased towards the left. Not so, says the NYT. It has more to do with … the economy (via Deborah Corey at Newsbusters): ...
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