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Night and Day, “MSM’s reactions to presidential golf outings” edition

From CNS News:

Obama’s golf outings have generated favorable reports from the media, in contrast to his predecessor, George W. Bush.
 
On Aug. 5, 2002, The Washington Postwrote about President Bush golfing near his parents’ home in Kennebunkport, Maine. Under the headline “Before Golf, Bush Decries Latest Deaths in Mideast,” staff writer Mike Allen described Bush as he “sprang from his golf cart at 6:15 a.m. and said he was distressed to hear about the latest suicide bombers in Israel.”

“Bush, wearing khakis and a knit shirt, was holding a driver in his gloved left hand,” Allen wrote.

“However incongruous the setting, the president plunged ahead,” Allen wrote.
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“His business out of the way,” Allen wrote, “Bush barely paused for breath before saying, ‘Thank you. Now watch this drive.’”

How does the same fishwrap cover Oprompter’s golf outings?

A search of news reports on Nexis revealed that photographers, but not reporters have access to Obama when he is on the links. But his outings have been covered, including by The Washington Post on June 9, 2009, in an article with the headline “Just the Sport for A Leader Most Driven.”

“What’s the deal? Why golf?” Poststaff writer Richard Leiby wrote. “The attraction seems to be simple. It’s a great escape; the game demands such attention that nothing else matters. It’s time spent with friends, an unhurried afternoon in loose clothing (shorts seem to be Obama’s preference).”

Leiby continued, “To some, Obama’s frequent outings reflect a cool self-confidence.”

Leiby even quoted a sports psychologist who said Obama seemed able to play golf despite the grim reports by the media about the wars and the economy.

So the comPostgot its boxers in a bunch when Bush played golf with a war on one front (for those of you on the left, that would be Afghanistan, allegedly the war you actually supported this decade) and a teetering economy.  Yet now that Uhhh-bama golfs with a war on two fronts, the economy mired in a deep recession, Iran and North Korea smoldering hot, and the country on the precipice of bankruptcy, golf for da prez is suddenly cool.  Got it.  Thanks for the clarification. 

Nope…no liberal media bias!

Obama fiddles while Tehran burns. Oh, well, what’s the tee time? (Courtesy of Slublog)

June 23, 2009 - Posted by crushliberalism | hypocrisy, media bias