Citizens mean nothing when the elitist Washington press corps has spoken:
Evan Thomas: 'A Disgrace' If McCain Beats Obama with Ayers
By Brent Baker
October 11, 2008
Newsweek's Evan Thomas and NPR's Nina Totenberg, likely reflecting the attitude of many of their Washington press corps colleagues, declared Barack Obama's connection to unrepentant terrorist William Ayers as an out of bounds subject for the campaign. On Inside Washington, a weekly show produced and aired over the weekend by Washington, DC's ABC affiliate, but first broadcast Friday night on the local PBS station, Thomas, Editor at Large with Newsweek, charged: “If he loses the election because of that, it's a disgrace.” Totenberg alleged Sarah Palin's anti-Obama rhetoric is “pretty ugly and a little scary” and scolded the panel for even arguing over the relevance of Ayers: “Given what we are in, this is a stupid conversation.”
Thomas fretted:
If he [Obama] loses the election because of that, it's a disgrace for him. If the Republicans make that the issue at the end, it's a disgrace....They should not be trying to beat Obama based on the company he kept. It's bad company, shouldn't have done it, but it shouldn't be the controlling issue.
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
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