Now that people expect more of the candidates as far as fixing the broken economy that we have today, they have released more detailed plans about what they wish to do for the economy if they are elected President. On Washington Post's website, they featured Obama's $60 billion plan in the first part of the day and eluded to McCain's proposal to be announced in the coming hours. When he finally did announce it, they not only had an article posted right away ab
out exactly what he wanted to do, but spun it in a particular fashion. The Post claimed in it's first and second articles that appeared on it's main page that McCain's economic plan would pretty much only benefit seniors at this point and not much of the rest of the country, which would lead the reader to believe that it is not the correct choice for our country because more people than seniors need help in these hard economic times. Although this is how the article was written, that doesn't mean that that is what his real economic plan entails. Unless readers challenge this site and look for more research, they will automatically assume that this is all his plan will do, whereas they built Obama's plan up and said it was a great one, even if it is more expensive than one would think it should be. But the paper took the point of view on Obama's that you have to invest a little bit into it to get anything out of the situation. It's just amazing how quickly they have something bashing McCain's plan when Obama's plan is slightly risky as well, but they don't spend time evaluating it as much because it's a liberal leaning paper. I didn't notice it as much in the first part of this analysis, however the closer we get to the election, the more and more liberally leaning the paper seems to become. With only a few weeks left in the elections, there will surely be more bashing and boosting to be had.
out exactly what he wanted to do, but spun it in a particular fashion. The Post claimed in it's first and second articles that appeared on it's main page that McCain's economic plan would pretty much only benefit seniors at this point and not much of the rest of the country, which would lead the reader to believe that it is not the correct choice for our country because more people than seniors need help in these hard economic times. Although this is how the article was written, that doesn't mean that that is what his real economic plan entails. Unless readers challenge this site and look for more research, they will automatically assume that this is all his plan will do, whereas they built Obama's plan up and said it was a great one, even if it is more expensive than one would think it should be. But the paper took the point of view on Obama's that you have to invest a little bit into it to get anything out of the situation. It's just amazing how quickly they have something bashing McCain's plan when Obama's plan is slightly risky as well, but they don't spend time evaluating it as much because it's a liberal leaning paper. I didn't notice it as much in the first part of this analysis, however the closer we get to the election, the more and more liberally leaning the paper seems to become. With only a few weeks left in the elections, there will surely be more bashing and boosting to be had.
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