Let’s start this discussion with a flashback. It’s 2005, the Bush administration is producing reports on the war in Iraq and the media is ripping them to pieces for it. And it wasn’t just the Iraq war being featured in government-produced news segments, there were reports on administration policies, farm prices and a bevy of other subjects. NBC, one of the many outlets covering these reports, took issue with the media sidestep with this line ‘all these reports were written and distributed by the administration and its public relations firms — not by journalists.’

Granted, there’s a big difference between war coverage and covering a basketball game but the principle remains the same. The we-would-be-outraged-if-it-was-Bush argument pile is stacking high and no one seems to want to criticize the Obama administration for doing the exact same thing.

The odd thing is, Obama knows the media is packed with fanboys and fangirls just waiting to pen another fawning story or arrange another video tribute to the President they worked overtime to help elect. Why would he risk pissing them off by subverting them? And why is it that no one wants to call Barack Obama out for chiding Bush for doing things and then following right in his footsteps when the baton switches hands? I think this cult of personality stuff has gone to Obama’s head. He’s buying his own hype now and sees himself as unstoppable. Even the fawning media coverage isn’t enough now — it’s got to be done his way, with his words.

Why doesn’t Obama just bail out NBC and run these reports on MSNBC around the clock?

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