Saturday, December 01, 2007

Associated Press Beatifies Hillary   [Mark Hemingway]

Rick Moran over at Rightwing Nuthouse notes that the Associated Press is now writing press releases for the Clinton campaign. Here's the lede from writer Glen Johnson's story about the yesterday's hostage crisis at her campaign office in New Hampshire:

When the hostages had been released and their alleged captor arrested, a regal-looking Hillary Rodham Clinton strolled out of her Washington home, the picture of calm in the face of crisis.

The image, broadcast just as the network news began, conveyed the message a thousand town hall meetings and campaign commercials strive for — namely, that the Democratic presidential contender can face disorder in a most orderly manner.

“I am very grateful that this difficult day has ended so well,” she declared as she stood alone at the microphone.

Good grief. I couldn't finish the rest of the article, but I hope Johnson went on properly described the lustre of her halo, the snowy doves randomly alighting themselves on the Senator's outstretched arms and how merely hearing Hillary's words of compassion regarding this difficult situation allowed the blind to see. 

12/01 08:55 PMShare