Ah, Inauguration Day!
I scampered back home from my Spanish 322 class in time to watch the swearing-in and Obama's speech live. I watched CNN's coverage, which was surprisingly simplistic. It was amazing to recall what it was like to watch cable news before the incessant crawl at the bottom of the screen or mounds of graphics. I also enjoyed their live look-ins on crowds in places like Memphis, Los Angeles, among others.
But what of the now ex-President Bush? Shouldn't he get at least a little bit of coverage on the day his term ends? The last many of us saw of him was the image of Air Force One flying off to Texas.
Fox News, however, took it the extra mile.
Out of all the cable news networks, only Fox News presented live coverage of Bush's homecoming speech from Midland, TX. Some networks were on semi-regular programming, some reporting on the inaugural parade.
"Sometimes what I did wasn't popular," Bush told supporters. "But that's OK. I always did what I thought was right."
Doesn't this just invite even more criticism of Fox News and provide evidence of right-wing bias?
Or was this the essence of "fair and balanced" reporting on an otherwise Obama-fied day? Does Obama or any candidate deserve such a monopolization of coverage without considering the outgoing president?
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