Asserts the conservative Republican commentator: "Gasoline prices have set an all-time high of $3.75 for the month of
February, but as opposed to the Bush years there’s an uncommon (uncommon
for any time other than the last four years, that is) media reluctance
to assign blame to anyone within a mile radius of the White House. When
gas prices broke $3.00 in 2007 the media, fueled in part by daily
Democratic press briefings regarding Bush/Cheney/Big Oil rapaciousness,
were in full cry. Now gas prices, like so many other phenomena, have, at best, a tenuous
relationship to who’s in the White House. But the current occupant gets a
pass from the media and the public even when his policies have
clearly unfavorable consequences."
He continues his commentary: "At the outset of his administration, Obama’s ability to remain blameless
wasn’t particularly surprising. But we’re more than four years on. Yet
in the minds of a large swath of the public, any present maladies are
completely detached from anything the administration has done or failed
to do. The bad things are the fault of someone or something else, and
will be rectified just as soon as Obama gets to it. Don’t know when, but
soon."
Peter Kirsanow: "Media Bias Is In Full Effect Regarding High Gas Prices Under Obama"
