I maintain that the American media is biased towards the political left. Given a choice, they will always choose to be less aggressive towards a politician that is left of center.
The most recent example comes via my close personal friend[1], Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit fame.
It seems that Mr. Obama recently made a visit to Rudy's Hot Dog in Toledo. While there he sampled the local cuisine. And by "sampled" I mean that he stuffed two chili dogs down his pie hole.
That is what chili dogs were made for, so I hope he enjoyed them without any post-meal difficulties. Us older dudes gotta stick together when it comes to chili dogs. That is especially true when it comes to the women in our lives constantly telling us what we should or shouldn't eat.
Which brings us to Mr. Obama's lovely wife Michelle. It seems that she unveiled new dietary guidelines for America within the last few days. I haven't read them all, but thus far I cannot find "two huge chili dogs in one meal" anywhere in them.
Which brings us to the British media. They promptly pointed out the apparent hypocrisy of Presidential consumption of two chili dogs given the recent national dietary hectoring provided by the First Lady. With photos of said consumption.
Which brings us to the American media who said in a tersely worded statement, "Who us?" The New York Times omitted all mention of the deeeelicious dogs. The Washington Post mentioned the dogs, but offered no photographic evidence. Nor did they mention the recently issued dietary guidelines.
A quick search via Google's News feature suggests that only a few obscure media outlets and non-leftist polemicists, such as yerz truly, have mentioned this crucial issue.
A Bing search includes a full blown USA Today story on the event, with photos, without mention of the dietary guidelines.
How might we rekindle the sort of carefree and open reporting practiced overseas? Elect someone named George W. Bush?
[1] Not really. But when one longs for an Instalanche, one does what one must.
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