The dramatic tilt to the left on the broadcast networks starts with their relentless loathing of President Donald Trump.It was obvious in their lying prostrate at former President Barack Obama's feet from the moment he announced his first campaign for president on Feb.
10, 2007.They didn’t sound like reporters.
They sounded like paid butlers and maids.All that fervor returned this week at the dedication and opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.There was no controversy over whether it's ugly, whether there were local fights over its construction or the current question of whether all the minority subcontractors have been paid.
There are no scandals in the warm glow of Obama Land.ABC morning anchor Robin Roberts interviewed Barack and Michelle Obama and gave them the equivalent of movie star treatment.Her questions were open-ended: "What do you consider your greatest accomplishment?" He said the so-called "Affordable Care Act," with no pushback.Then she asked: "Is there anything in looking back that you would do differently as President?" He claimed he probably made a "mistake a day," but took comfort: "I always felt that when we made decisions, we were making decisions with the American people in mind." That gaseous answer drew no follow-up.TOM HANKS, OPRAH, STEVEN SPIELBERG LEAD A-LIST GUESTS AT OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER UNVEILINGTom Hanks jokingly swipes MS NOW's viewership while appearing live on the network Thursday while attending the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center.
(Screenshot/MS NOW)Roberts noted Obama left office saying he would want to be "quiet a little bit" and not be so prominent."But you also said when core values may be at stake, it would merit you speaking out.
How have you been able to find that balance?" Obama then compared himself to George Washington, saying that "I’ve done my stint" and now I’m going home.Obama can compare himself to Washington or Lincoln, and nobody blinks at his gaudy comparisons.Just a...