THE news media have been shamefully stoking the idea that the only way
Barack Obama could possibly lose the presidential election is if racists
have their way. Indeed, CNN's Jack Cafferty says the fact that Obama isn't
leading in polls by a wide margin "doesn't make sense . . . unless it's race
."
Slate's Jacob Weisberg says Obama is losing among older white voters because
of the "color of his skin."
Many journalists are so committed to the racism-explains-everything line
they're labeling any ef
