Media has a duty to be honest, fair and truthful, as agents of the public trust.
Some in the media deceptively portray President Obama as being Partisan! For example, this morning, Joe Scarborough said on his show that if Presdent Obama does wants to be a partisan presidency, that that is his perogative! That is an outright, deceptive lie and deceptive seed to plant into the minds of the American people. Joe Scarborouh knows very well that President Obama has reached out to the GOP and even in the face of adversary, still plans to reach out, this President Obama has said time and time again. For Joe Scarborough and others in the media to use their position to plant lies and deceptions is a betrayl of the public trust.
It is true that President Obama states that he won the election, but his actions portray that he is was and is also willing to compromise with the GOP, enough so, to incorporate GOP ideas into the stimulus plan in an effort to work in a bipartisian fashion. This compromise did not satisfy the GOP. They want all or nothing, even in the face of a crisis! It is the GOP who do not want to be bi-partisan and had rejected his plan even before they met with President Obama to discuss the plan. The word from GOP leaders had gone out to REJECT!!!!!!
On November 2008, the people voted or change -- that they want to try the Democratic way -- President Obama's way, not the GOP way! On this fact the GOP have a duty to compromise and work with the Democrats and the ideas that won the day. We have come to expect them to be parisan.
However, the medias' role is to be unbiased and fair (the third wheel of democracy), and any and all media who continue to distort President Obama's words and actions (or any indiviudals') in an attempt to put accross their agenda and who show they are unable to be unbiased and fair should not be on the public airwaves.