This week’s Mainstream Media Scream features Bob Schieffer’s Sunday interview on “Face the Nation” with President Obama during which the host sympathizes with the president’s problems this year.
Schieffer to Obama: “Let me ask you this, you had a tough summer. We saw the rise of ISIS, the outbreak of Ebola, trouble in the Ukraine, illegal immigrants coming across the border — did you ever go back to the residence at night and say, ‘Are we ever going to get a break here?’ ”
A few minutes later: “You came here talking about hope and change. Do you still hope? Is change, was it harder than you thought it would be?”
Media Research Center Vice President of Research Brent Baker explains our pick: “No matter how far the Obama presidency spirals down, Schieffer showed there are still those in the news media disappointed by the lost ‘hope and change’ dream they so eagerly promoted. Schieffer empathized with Obama’s plight, as if Obama were a victim of circumstance and not responsible for failures or making situations worse.”
Rating: Three out of five screams.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
