Mitt Bullies and Obama Bribes

MSM Feels a Haircut is Worse than Hush Money

Keep smiling for the camera while I slip you this check.

I love Google!  In the last week there have been two stories about disturbing behavior.  One about a high school kid who picked on another kid almost 50 years ago.  One about a presidential candidate who "allegedly" attempted to bribe his pastor into silence less than four years ago.  Curious about the media coverage of these two stories, I ran these two Google searches:  "Mitt bullies boy in high school" and "Obama bribes Wright".

The following are the results from "serious" news outlets from the Mitt search:

"The Evolution of Mitt Romney and other High School Bullies" - Philadelphia Inquirer
"Might Mitt Romney not remember if he bullied someone in high school?" - Christian Science Monitor
"Does Mitt Romney still have a high school bully inside?" - LA Times
"Romney Accused of Prep School Bullying" - NY Times
"Mitt Romney's hijinks seen as bullying today" - Albany Times Union

The following are the results from "serious" news outlets from the Obama/Wright search:

"Obama Bribe: Reverend Wright says he was offered bribe to stay silent" - WGN TV
"Obama team tried to 'bribe' Jeremiah Wright to keep quiet" - NY Post

There has been great weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth over a hair cut that Romney gave some kid 50 years ago.  There has been almost total silence over Obama attempting to pay hush money less than four years ago, and the source for the story isn't some friend of a friend of a friend.  It is no other than Reverend Wright himself in an interview with Edward Klein.

No conservative would ever be surprised over the lack of mainstream media coverage concerning a little faux pas from their Dear Leader, but I would personally be embarrassed if I really considered myself a true journalist.  Of course, embarrassment implies that one has a conscience and self-awareness.  Something apparently sorely lacking in most MSM "journalists".