This is not at all profound but it seems to me that the group losing out during the Democratic presidential nominee process is not Obama or Hillary or even Bush. In my view, the media is the organization that is suffering the most damage. Over the past several years, several studies have indicated that there is waning trust in the fifth estate. After several scandals and declining revenues, the media is front and center again during this electoral process and getting poor reviews. Some critics are claiming that the media is too easy on Obama (possibly not the case lately). Other critics are blaming the televised debate in Philadelphia between the two democratic candidates on the questions asked by ABC News’ Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos. The endless nighttime chatter about the candidates’ war of words continues to hash the same information over and over and are engaged in a he-said, she-said stream of consciousness.
We have many more months ahead as the election race heats up and it might be the right time for the media to consider how it can reclaim its status at the top of the most admired professions.
