re: #93 _RememberTonyC

I think Mr Obama received exceptionally “gentle” treatment from the media. He had a far easier time than Hillary during the primary campaigns. And while Hillary had more stuff for the media to sift through, that track record was really a disadvantage against Obama. Since Obama had far less of a track record, we needed to learn as much as we could about him as quickly as possible, but many journalists were too infatuated with him or too lazy to vet him as fully as they vetted his opponents. Those are some of the results.

But you think that Journolist contributed to that? Remember that lots of members were Hillary supporters, starting with the most prestigious and widely read columnist there, Paul Krugman (Krugman preferred Clinton’s health care plan). And plenty of them were undecided between Hillary and Obama. I think Journolist Ezra Klein (the creator of Journolist) was in this later category.