'Mark Halperin, an editor at large for Time magazine and co-author of the campaign field guide "The Way to Win," was one of several speakers at (Monday's) conference on the 2008 election sponsored by Time and CNN in New York.  During his panel discussion, Mr. Halperin was asked if the media had been too soft on Mr. Obama.  To the surprise of the largely liberal audience, his answer was yes.  He went on to say that through the subtle choice of which stories to cover and where to deploy investigative resources, the national media had handed Mr. Obama "hundreds of millions in free publicity."  He attributed the positive coverage in part to the historic nature of Mr. Obama's candidacy.  But he also noted that only a few hands had gone up in the crowded room when the audience had been asked how many had voted for George W. Bush.  

He quickly tempered his remarks by noting that John McCain had similarly been the beneficiary of positive media coverage in his 2000 campaign.  "It is interesting that the media's favorite candidates in both parties both won their party's nominations this year," he observed.  He called on reporters to look at their 2008 coverage of candidates after the election, in hopes that in the future "they do a better job treating people equally."  (end of article)'

These are the facts.  The media is "selecting" our President and we're sitting back and letting it happen. You will note how he casually refers to the "media's favorite candidates" when the issue should be the "people's favorite candidates."  The media wanted a "weak" Republican candidate to go up against Obama and they got what they worked for.  He then tries to justify the actions of the media by saying that John McCain got "free" publicity in the past!  That's because they wanted a "weak" candidate to go up against Kerry!  Then, he has the "AUDACITY" to say that they should examine themselves "in HOPES" that they will change!

Note the words, "audacity and hope" are used to strike a chord with the millions of you that follow the media selections.

When you let the media "select" our President, you are giving up your "right" to vote.  It's an ELECTION not a SELECTION.