Breaking: Obama Gets Positive Press Coverage

AP looks at a two studies that evaluated exactly how much the media is in the tank for Obama by comparing the press coverage with that of Bush and Clinton. Answer: big time.

The tone of comments by reporters and sources on the three networks reflected positively on Obama in roughly the same proportions, 57 percent on ABC, 58 percent on CBS and 61 percent on NBC. Bush faced a two-thirds negative reaction, and Clinton 44 percent in the same period.

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Another independent think tank, the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, did a more extensive look at media outlets and judged 42 percent of news stories, editorials and columns were pro-Obama. Clinton was 27 percent positive and Bush 22 percent positive in a similar evaluation.

Their defense?

The newscasts reflect reality, said Rick Kaplan, executive producer of the "CBS Evening News." He said he believed that the president has done extraordinarily well. "Everybody, including Republicans, would have to say that his first 100 days have been great," he said.

Yeah it's been peachy. Unemployment is reaching towards double digits, GM and Chrysler are being nationalized. half the administration appointments are tax cheats, government receipts are falling off a cliff, we've spent a trillion dollars on bailouts and stimulus above and beyond the usual Federal madness. Oh and meanwhile Iran continues their nuclear work and North Korea is launching missiles and wants to test another bomb.

If this is "success" ... egad!

But perhaps success is measured in positive media press, which in that case ... best president evah!

Now granted, except for the deficit acceleration and the appointment fiascos, yes much of this is inherited. But personally I'd hold off on saying this has been a great 100 days until some of these problems get fixed. But that's just me.