Barack Obama's Speech Misses Media Elites

After today's heart wrenching speech by Senator Barack Obama, I listened to countless commentators on MSNBC, CNN and Fox News to see what their reaction might be. Of course, instead of these national new media elites seeing the real substance of what Barack Obama had to say, they were only focused on the issue of the day, which was Senator Obama's former pastor and whether or not he would throw his old friend and spiritual leader under the bus. For most people that I talked to today, they had a completely different reaction to Barack Obama's Philadelphia speech about race relations in America than the major national news media.

Most people that I know that saw the whole Barack Obama speech from Philadelphia today were moved to tears as Senator Obama talked about his own experiences in an American society that is still filled with racism. Also, the way in which Barack Obama reached across race and gender lines to try and move the issue of race relations in America was different than any other mainstream political candidate in my lifetime. Barack Obama did not talk about race relations with a political eye on which constituency might bring him the most votes in the next primary, but instead he spoke from the heart about all types of racism and discrimination, include those suffered by some whites because of Affirmative Action.

While watching Barack Obama speak this morning in Philadelphia and enjoying my first cup of coffee of the morning, I was shocked at how candidate and up front Senator Obama was about all aspects of race and discrimination in America. It was sad when commentators on all three of the major US cable networks missed the importance of what Barack Obama really said in his speech today. Most of these commentators were too busy trying to find the next 'got ya' instead of thinking about what Senator Obama was really saying about a very important issue in this campaign. The good news is that most Americans not only understood what Barack Obama was talking about in his speech from Philadelphia today, they also agreed with his ideas about how to move this issue forward.

I learned a long time ago that if I wanted to get the real story when it comes to a candidate running for political office that I would need to do my own homework and not depend to the laziness of members of the national news media. I have no doubt that media laziness is the main reason why blogs like mine are growing in popularity while their own news shows are being tuned out more and more. Today's Barack Obama speech pointed out loud and clear that the US news media is not only bias when covering most major issues, but they are also tone deaf when it comes to hearing something the is really new and powerful to most Americans.