My wife and I were talking last night about how the media's perception of Hilary Clinton has changed significantly over the last two months. At that time, she was the darling and could do no wrong. Now they're mostly just tolerating her and saying, "Look at her trying desperately to gain the upper hand. What a quaint has-been!" A coworker said he thinks the media just go with who's popular at the moment. I think I probably agree with that assessment.
What's interesting is that makes it a lot harder for an underdog to come out on top. Obama was definitely the underdog for a while, but he skillfully wheedled out some primary victories. Now that the tide has turned, he can do no wrong. I'm sure it's mostly luck, but it's a testament to a person's perseverance when they can hang on long enough to swing voters despite negative media coverage. Either that, or the candidate has to hope that they have a large stable of loyal supporters who don't pay attention to the media who can win them some primaries.
Corollary: Does this mean that the media's main function in America is to persuade the less opinionated to have the opinion of the opinionated?
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