Double Standard, Part 4

In recapping Senator Obama's Philadelphia speech on race, Dan Abrams quickly caught on to the idea that Obama was blaming the media. He immediately pooh-poohed the idea that the media was somehow responsible for starting and perpetuating the Rev. Wright dustup. While Dan didn't exactly roll his eyes, he obviously felt Obama was wrong, and had to be made to answer for Wright's comments.

Abrams felt like he was in control of the segment until one of his guests echoed Obama's comment about the media showing those two clips of Wright on an endless loop. Dan replied that there may be other clips of Wright making inflammatory statements, but didn't know. His guest replied that the media could obtain copies from the church (which sells copies of sermons). Dan looked a little green. She then asked why MSNBC was not airing clips of the sermon that Wright gave that inspired Obama to write The Audacity of Hope. Again, Abrams looked flummoxed.

The media has chosen a narrative that Rev. Wright is a crazy, racist maniac. This narrative ignores over 207,000 minutes of sermons offered up by Rev. Wright and replaces them with 15-20 seconds of endless looping video.