Our weekly look at the loudest screech from the mainstream media features the Today Show’s Matt Lauer interviewing President Obama before the Super Bowl. He served up this gem: “Mitt Romney is the guy who’s running for your job. He may eventually become the nominee. He’s a guy who’s been incredibly successful in his life and career. He’s made a lot of money. It’s not a crime. It’s part of the American Dream. Do you think though that Mitt Romney can identify with the middle class and the underclass in this country.”
Media Research Center Vice President of Research Brent Baker explains our pick this way: “While Lauer did proceed to remind Obama that last Friday ‘You raised $900,000 in a couple of hours’ from ‘25 wealthy individuals,’ journalists should not be cuing up elected officials to reiterate a caricature of their opponent. We await the time when Lauer prompts Romney to affirm an anti-Obama talking point.” Baker’s rating: Two out of five screams.
