Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Ben Smith's Blog: Obama knocks press on 'made-up controversy' - Politico.com

Bill: Funny to see how Obama likes it when the press doesn't report things to his satisfaction...

Speaking at a high school in Norfolk, Obama took a few moments to address what he calls "the made-up controversy" of the day, Amie Parnes reports.
Obama said the McCain campaign moved to "seize an innocent remark and take it out of context because they knew it's catnip for the news media."
"See, it would be funny, but the news media decided that would be the lead story yesterday. This happens every election cycle. Every four years, this is what we do. This is what they want to spend two of the last 55 days talking about...Enough!" he said.
Obama called the attacks "lies, outrage and swift boat politics."

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