Semidi

If you needed proof of how stacked the media has been against Hillary Clinton, look no further.

Sadly, one my favorites, McClatchy, (formerly Knight-Ridder before being caught up in merger mania and usually one of the few decent places to find actual journalism) provides a “shining” example of the anti-Clinton bias that infests the American media, attempting to paint Clinton into a corner:

She’s now reduced to pursuing two potentially divisive options that could hurt the party: Magnify the racial fault line in the party by stressing Obama’s inability to win white working-class voters and press the party to change its rules and seat unsanctioned delegations from Florida and Michigan at the national convention in August.

First, Obama’s “race chasm,” a subject David Sirota (who is not a fan of either Clinton) broached in early April, is quite real; Clinton doesn’t have to draw attention to it because every superdelegate worth their salt is already well aware of it.

Second, the DNC is being highly arbitrary with its enforcement of the rules, denying Clinton the delegates she earned in Florida and Michigan in order to help Obama. Clinton isn’t trying to change the rules, she wants them fairly enforced. And yes, that fair enforcement also helps Clinton politically.

If it were Obama being treated so unfairly, his cult would be foaming at the mouth and howling with rage. Well, more than usual.