Friedman - What a Schmuck

Today's Hilarity NYT’s Friedman: ‘Way too soon to tell’ if media blew it vetting Obama the candidate

“ During the 2008 presidential election season, many Americans were captivated by then-candidate Barack Obama’s promises of hope and change. Many  argue that much of the media were taken in by the promises too. Nearly three years into the Obama presidency, is it fair to say the media were duped because they failed utterly to investigate the first thing about him? On Sunday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” host Howard Kurtz asked New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman just that question. According to Friedman, the jury is still out. “Way too soon to tell that kind of thing, I think,” Friedman said. ”