Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of Barack Obama. As an avid non-supportor of the 'war on terror' I'm particularly happy with America facing the prospect of electing a president whose sole concern isn't the size of his six-shooter. Yes, that's right, I did emphasise that the president's job is a man's job. Or atleast it will stay that way if current media trends are allowed to continue.

Obama's current and only competition in the race for the Democrat candidacy is Hilary Clinton. While it seemed that Sen. Clinton was the popular Democratic choice at the beginning of the Presidential primaries, her support has slowly deteriorated over the course of the campaign. Sure, someone has to loose the race eventual, but has political popularity through media bias destroyed the voting public's own opinion? When I say 'we', I'm clearly talking about the American public. As an Australian and British citizen I have no right to vote in their political process, however sometimes I wish myself (and others like me) could. After all, if America gets to rule the world surely I should have some say in it.

Politically ignorant and fickle Americans aside, why does the media hate Clinton so much? A 2007 Center for Media and Public Affairs study shows that Clinton receives 3 negative reports to every 2 positive. Compare this to Obama who receives 3 positive to every 2 negative. Surely both politicians are just as corrupt as each other, after all they are politicians.

Again, I'm off track and in danger of becoming to cynical. However, my question still remains, why do the media adore Obama but despise Clinton? Has this been turned into a gender vs. race rivalry, or is it just coincidence? Is it an attempt to repay one oppressed sector of society for former wrongs? If this is the case, do we feel as a Western society that we owe more to African-Americans than women? Is Hilary Clinton purely a person with which we love to hate? Or is Obama just impossible not to love?

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