John Heilemann on the press: There’s no love affair with Barack Obama anymore

John Heilemann, who works for MSNBC, agrees with Charlie Rose that in 2008 the press did love Barack Obama. However this year he says:

“Well the bloom is off that rose, for sure. There’s no love affair with Barack Obama anymore.”

He goes on to point out that the press now sees Obama as just another politician and are generally more hostile towards him.

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I think there is some truth to what Heilemann is saying regarding the bloom being off the rose, especially with people like Jake Tapper and Ed Henry of the White House Press Corp who seem to be the most consistently objective of the bunch. But when it comes to the MSM at large, especially NBC, they are all in protect Obama mode and will be until he loses in November.


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