Helen Thomas Blasts Obama Media Coverage: ‘He is No Martin Luther King’
Sphere: Related ContentLong-time White House correspondent turned loose-cannon Helen Thomas hasn’t been sold on Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama like many of her colleagues in the mainstream media.Thomas, now a columnist for Hearst Newspapers, told a Bethesda, Md. audience the race between Obama and Clinton has gotten mean-spirited. She attacked the role of bloggers in the news cycle, but that wasn’t before she had some very harsh criticisms of Obama’s rise in popularity.
“We’re in the midst of a presidential campaign which is really getting rotten - down and dirty between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama,” Thomas said. “The Democratic candidates - Obama has the edge, he’s a rock star. He’s galvanized the youth vote of this country, but I have yet to see what he has done to take the highest office in the land. He is no Martin Luther King and his campaign, like all others, is backed by people with deep pockets.”
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