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The Race to Package Racial Tension

Tuesday January 15th, 2008 3:46 AM by BHDC Staff
Filed under: Journalism

Did many media outlets make up, or blow out of proportion, the alleged racial spats between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton over recent days just so headlines like this one from The Politico could be written in the very next news cycle: Clinton, Obama seek truce on race row? In journalism, you really can’t get a package wrapped up any more nicely than that. Of course, the package looks even prettier when you pre-plan how you will shape and tell your story arcs, rather than let the story unfold on its own. The whole contrived way the Democratic side of this election has been presented thus far in the press leaves much to be desired.

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4 Comments to 'The Race to Package Racial Tension'

1. GrimReaper08 said:

Cool, so now that the media is done with their fabricated racial tension stories, can they actually cover Hillary and Barack’s experiences? Or will they continue to give Obama a free press for being the most underqualified nominee?

posted January 15th, 2008 at 9:58 am | Quote

2. Super Nintendo Chalmers said:

Cool, so now that the media is done with their fabricated racial tension stories, can they actually cover Hillary and Barack’s experiences? Or will they continue to give Obama a free press for being the most underqualified nominee?

You expect them to cover issues???

posted January 15th, 2008 at 10:01 am | Quote

3. Big Head Rob said:

What, exactly, about Barack helps you feel that he is under-qualified? To others: What makes him qualified enough?

posted January 15th, 2008 at 10:11 am | Quote

4. Cashman said:

The Clintons and Obama are the only ones making such racially charged statements and are the only ones slinging mud and making juvenile taunts.
They should stop campaigning and drop out now because they have proven to everyone they do not have what it takes to be president.
Perhaps Obama can grow up by the next election.
Hillary has no chance because that’s just the way she is.

posted January 15th, 2008 at 11:04 am | Quote

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