Why the Media Are for Obama: Self-Interest

I remember my editor at the Philadelphia Daily News, Zach Stalberg, a legendary newsman, stunning me in ’79 when he said he was voting for Carter but prayin for Reagan. Why? "He’s just a lot better for news." I think this gets at why the media are so for Obama right now. Yes he’s exciting, he’s charismatic, and so on. But he’s new, too, in a lot of the ways Reagan was; and that’s better for news… P.S. Reagan won.