Is The Media Pushing For Obama?

ARC did an interesting post about the extra coverage that Obama is getting .

according to the Herald tribune the reason he is getting all the extra cover is:

The extraordinary coverage of Obama’s trip reflects how the candidate remains an object of fascination in the news media, a built-in feature of being the first African-American presidential nominee for a major political party and a relative newcomer to the national stage.

Arc thinks on the other hand that it is probably because of the fact that he is a Democrat.

The difference in the amount of coverage time is Major:

The imbalance has appeared in various analyses of the news coverage. The Tyndall Report, a news coverage monitoring service that has the broadcast networks as clients, reports that three newscasts by the traditional networks which have a combined audience of more than 20 million people spent 114 minutes covering Obama since June; they spent 48 minutes covering McCain.
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the difference in the amount of time each of the candidates has been given is so obvious that in itself has become a news item…

ARCs point is that the medias explanations for all the extra time Obama is getting is all a big cover up for the fact that most of the media are left and would much rather see Obama president than McCain.

Chuck Todd, the political director for NBC news says:

The large news media contingent that will travel with Obama will be a help if the trip goes wonderfully. But any gaffes will take place before a larger megaphone.

to which ARC’s response is

Based on all of the tingling that the media is feeling in various parts of their bodies, I doubt that any gaffes will be covered at all.

What do you think - I must say I would rather see Obama President than McCain but I am not sure I would go as far as to say that the media are co conspirator’s in such an obvious way…