The media is a big influence on the presidential election. I try to focus more on the candidates, themselves, rather han the hype in the media.

No one has disgusted me as much in my 42 years as Obama and his political tactics. He is counting on Americans not fundamentally understanding economics, and the media that has lied and covered up for him since day one. They have the nerve to suggest that if you say the emperor has no clothes your racist. I am not a racist and there are many educated, experienced, African-Americans who could run for President and garner my support but Obama is not one of them!
Obama wants to keep repeating Deregulator and make that as though McCain is responsible for this. What Obama fails to say is that this is not a matter of philosophical debate but of a scientific understanding of how networks of all types work. Centralized networks are prone to catastrophic failure, whereas decentralized networks are more robust, and can withstand much more damage while continue to function.
I can understand an African-American wanting to win at all costs. I was filled with the same enthusiasm for Hillary Clinton. I would not however sell my fellow Americans down the river just to have her elected. One thing is true; either the media is ignorant, or they are in collusion with Obama at the expense of our country. I don’t believe the media is that stupid, that they do not know what they are doing. The truth is both political parties put us in this mess. Both parties have supported corporate consolidation, big business, at the expense of little business, and big government. The republicans talk a good economic game but do little. The democrats remember the Bill of Rights but on economics they would sell us all into servitude of their corporate benefactors.
Why is Obama taking this tact? I do not think that he is a bad man, he just wants to win, and realizes that most Americans are ignorant of economics and our financial systems. Please Mr. Obama, prove me wrong! I would rather not vote for the republicans who forget the Bill of Rights and that our freedom is hinged on the rights of others to live in a way we disapprove. It is why there is a separation of church and state. I however cannot vote for someone who continues to feed garbage to Americans and expects to win because Americans don’t know any better.
You want to argue that the cost of the war economically is destroying the country, be my guest!
You would have a sound footing for that argument. Some would argue back that what is the cost of safety and freedom worth, and I would say that sometimes you can’t afford them.
You don’t go to war and cut taxes because it’s irresponsible to do so. It is why you get the American people on board, and in this world of globalization; you build a coalition to spread the cost around.
Obama we do not need jobs for the middle class, we need wealth creation for the middle class.

Fantastic article! Of course I believe the media is influencing the election. The sad part is that most people just eat this stuff up without thinking for themselves. I never watch the major news networks because of this very thing. I get my news from Free Speech TV if I want truth.

That's the way tv handling of the presidential campaign should follow!
This time, Internet can make the difference:
Thank's also to you, for the reflection on the issue, Ezriela.

Simone De Lorenzis (Italy)

No. it is not, atleast for me. If you know very well the candidates, then nothing is to worry about I think.

I am a conservative.
I say that up front because I know that no matter how hard I try to be unbiased, my conservative views come through. However, I do believe I can spot unfair and unbalanced news when I see it. Sure, Fox News has reporters that lean to the right. But, I also believe that although they lean to the right, they do a better job of keeping their political bias out of the straight reporting (talk shows aside) than does any other network, cable or otherwise.
I do take issue with one of your statements in the above article. To suggest that CNN is balanced is really a stretch. CNN reporters get almost giddy when reporting an Obama bump in the polls. And if you listen to liberal spin THEY put in most of their reporting, they run the risk of putting liberal spin doctors out of work.
Of course it is not just CNN or CNBC. Anyone who was not offended by the sexist hatchet job carried out by Charlie Gibson in his interview of Sarah Palin, probably thinks women should remain barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen. I have yet to hear a reporter question Obama on how he will balance being president and raising two young daughters. I watched 60 minutes, realizing that it is not hard news, but also realizing that it tries to present itself as such, and I was shocked at the lack of hard questions for Obama. When it is clear that it will be impossible for him to cut taxes for 95% of all Americans at all, let alone with his myriad new government programs, never once was he challenged on that point.
The media is biased toward the left, from the networks to most cable news. Fox is the only place where the other side can be heard. If it sometimes leans a little to the left, remember, it is trying to single handedly balance out ABC, CBS, NBC, CNBC, CNN, CNN Headline News, and numerous local news broadcast in major markets such as Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, etc.
No news will ever be completely without bias, but I would just like a little honesty. I began this post with my views. I wish every newscaster would begin their story with a similar disclaimer.

I suggest everyone get Lazlo Barabasi book "Linked" and understand that their is a scientific basis for how all networks work.

Capitalism is better not because we have been taught that it is best, but because it is an adpatable distributed network.

Centralized systems are prone to cascade failures, and this applies to big business and big government.

We need regulation (standards) it is the one things centralized systems do well. The problem is that we must make sure regulation does not favor centralized systems. What I mean is that regulation is a burden in which small business is more impacted than big business. This is the opposite of the direction we should be moving to minimize risk.

There is a science to economics. The scary things is that most Americans are not informed and thus it becomes an emotional issue which governs the process instead of rational thought.

The scary thing today, is that like Nero, congress will fiddle, while AMerica's economy falls.

The politicians do not get it. They are making this a political issue. They refer to the assets as toxic.

It is not bailing out wall street but of preventing the collapse os the economy.

Arghhh

What do you do when the nukes have been launched and your representatves decide to debate what to do?

Sad but true. I wish the media would just stop uplifting one candidate and putting down the other. Fair competition should be presented.

Of course it is. The media is but one of many, many groups that have a vested interest in the status quo. People who provide real challenge to the current system of government won't get any airtime, as they might upset the balance of power favorable to the current elite.