Intelligent Discontent

• Written by: Bob FunkJuly 2nd, 2008
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• Category:'08 Election, Barack Obama, Big Media
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Another example of how little attention should be paid to hyped-up media speculation: Obama is destroying McCain in the polls when it comes to the Hispanic vote.

A Gallup survey put Obama up 59 percent to 29 percent over his rival among registered Hispanic voters across the United States. The community will likely play a pivotal role in general election swing states like Colorado, New Mexico and Florida.

If you were listening to big media’s coverage of the Hispanic vote in relation to Obama during the primary season, you could have easily made the conclusion that America was on the brink of a massive race war between African Americans and Hispanics. For example, from The New York Times,

Mr. Obama confronts a history of often uneasy and competitive relations between blacks and Hispanics, particularly as they have jockeyed for influence in cities like Chicago, Los Angeles and New York.

“Many Latinos are not ready for a person of color,” Natasha Carrillo, 20, of East Los Angeles, said. “I don’t think many Latinos will vote for Obama…”

The New York Times was obviously not the only news outlet to beat the drum of racial tension, not by a long shot. It really makes one consider how reliable big media’s analysis (if you can call it that) is.