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We are informed in this piece<\/a> by the Associated Press.\u00a0 It\u2019s a strange concoction, the type all too common in our age of advocacy journalism.\u00a0 While conservative media bends over backwards to emphasize as many negatives as possible, the liberal media (AKA, the MSM), bends over backwards to either ignore the negatives or, when impossible to ignore, spin them in such a way to explain that no matter how bad things are, Obama is still great.\u00a0 Hence a piece that concedes things aren\u2019t good, that Americans are worried about the future, that the economy is still \u2018sluggish\u2019, that Obama\u2019s handling of the presidency is not seen favorably, yet still\u00a0finds a Republican pollster, Wes Anderson,\u00a0who says \u2018yep, he\u2019ll probably be reelected.\u2019\u00a0 Huh?\u00a0 Verily does the emperor wear new clothes after all, and anyone who thinks he is naked just isn\u2019t getting the vibes.\u00a0 The media is truly Obama\u2019s best friend now, and a friend willing to do anything to see him reelected, even if the fate of the nation must suffer for it to happen.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"