THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL - AT 8:06 P.M. ET:  Once again we're seeing the cultural biases of the press in full bloom.  Yesterday there was a disgusting murder at the Holocaust Museum in Washington.  A devoted African-American security guard was murdered by, allegedly, a well-known racist and anti-Semite.  Appropriately, the press has gone into the accused's background, and has done some good reporting.

But there was another incident yesterday.  The not so Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Jr., for 20 years the pastor of our president, said that "them Jews" won't allow him to talk to President Obama.  The sickness of that statement is breathtaking, and yet there is no outrage whatever in the mainstream media, and virtually no coverage, except for terrific, alert sites like Gateway Pundit, which hits the story here.  Oh, by the way, Wright has now apologized and claims he didn't mean all Jews, only Zionists.  America must be so relieved by his generosity.

This man Wright influenced the president of the United States.  He married the president and first lady.  The president named his book, "The Audacity of Hope," after one of Wright's sermons.  And yet, the press is silent on Wright's continued outrages.  No one wants to ask, "How much of this poison was injected into the president's veins?"

Imagine if it were discovered that a Republican president had gone to a church whose minister preached racism.  That minister would have his whole background exposed by the press, and his name would constantly be linked with that of the president.  Except for a few brave journalists - very few - Wright is given a pass.  So was President Obama, who said during the campaign that, although he'd spent 20 years at Wright's church, he'd never realized what the man believed.  No questions were asked.

Double standard?  Huge. 

June 11, 2009