Lynn Espinoza is a broadcast news veteran with more than a decade of media, presentation and executive coaching experience. She has developed personal coaching sessions for Fortune 100 C-level executives, corporate communicators of all kinds, doctors, lawyers and leaders in non-profit.
The Media and the Obama Gush Fest
Posted on January 22, 2009. Filed under: Latest News
Full disclosure: I voted for him. I think he’s transformational. I think he’s infused the country with hope for a better future. I love that he loves his wife.
I am no longer a working journalist, so I can say all that. I don’t need to maintain (at least) the illusion of objectivity.
I think the media in general has gone WAY over the top in the way they’ve treated President Obama’s inauguration. They should report on all the gushing, without gushing themselves. They should also look for a few non-believers to balance the coverage. Non-believers are not as hard to find as it appears on CNN, MSNBC and the networks. Fox would be happy to lend a couple of theirs, I’m sure.
Because their objectivity is out the window,it just doesn’t feel right for me to gush effusively. Instead, I temper my enthusiasm. I don’t want to appear to be towing the mainstream media line.
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