The top four stories the media has downplayed to help Obama

There is nothing new about the national media downplaying stories that lend support to conservative arguments. If a firearm is used to prevent a lethal crime, or unethical activity is uncovered at a liberal institution, the media goes to great lengths to make sure no one notices. But since Obama’s election, the media has also been downplaying stories that lend support to liberal arguments — when those stories have the potential to damage the Obama presidency. This is the case even for stories that under normal circumstances would have remained on newspapers’ front pages until they were seared into the national consciousness. To the media, there is no higher calling than protecting Obama.
With the election approaching, I thought it would be a good time to review the top four stories the media has sacrificed to protect the president:
1. The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Many people are surprised to learn that the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill is considered by environmentalists to be the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history. Sure, the spill received a fair deal of media attention, but nowhere near the level of coverage that would be expected from a disaster of such magnitude. What’s more, as the weeks passed and the scale of the disaster grew, the media’s coverage of it declined.
Even Van Jones, a former White House adviser, admits that liberals held their tongues for the purpose of protecting Obama:

You’ve never seen the environmental movement more quiet during an oil spill. I guarantee you, if John McCain had been president with that oil spill, or George Bush had been president with that oil spill, I’d have been out there with a sign protesting.

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