Even the AP Not Sold on Substance of Obama’s Nomination Acceptance Speech
August 30, 2008
By Brit Hume
FOX NEWS - Where's the Beef?
Even the Associated Press was not sold on the substance of Barack Obama's Democratic presidential nomination acceptance speech. AP writer Charles Babington's opinion piece was headlined, "Obama Spares Details, Keeps Up Attacks."
Babington wrote, "Instead of dwelling on specifics, he laced the crowning speech of his long campaign with the type of rhetorical flourishes that Republicans mock."
Babington also wrote that Obama appeared confident in continuing his campaign formula of linking John McCain to President Bush. And although Babington wrote that no candidate can outline every initiative in a 35 minute speech, he said that Obama touched on major issues quickly and lightly.
Fair & Balanced?
Several members of the media were spotted cheering and clapping for Obama during the speech. The Hill newspaper online reports dozens of men and women wearing green media floor passes were seen standing around the stage area at Invesco Field "chanting along with the crowd."
The report said that two members of the foreign press even snapped each other's photos while wearing a Barack Obama hat and waving a flag. And several members of the press were also seen screaming during some of Obama's biggest applause lines.
Source: Fox News
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