''Everybody, including Republicans, would have to say that his first 100 days have been great

May 3, 4:45 PMDC Republican ExaminerBill Dupray

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Rick Kaplan apparently has been at the airplane glue again. In a New York Times piece discussing how much more favorable the news coverage has been to Obama than it was to both Bush and Clinton, Kaplan, the Executive Producer of the CBS Evening News, gave a whopper of a quote full of self-delusion, personal bias, and a keen ignorance of what the news is supposed to be.

The newscasts reflect reality, said Rick Kaplan, executive producer of the ''CBS Evening News.'' He said he believed that the president has done extraordinarily well. ''Everybody, including Republicans, would have to say that his first 100 days have been great,'' he said.

First, the CBS newscast represent anything but reality. Actually, it best represents what he says in his second statement: His belief that the president has done extraordinarily well. Since that is what he believes, it is a fair assessment that, therefore, so does the CBS Evening News. This is proven by his third statement, which borders on, at best, a loose grip on reality. I know of no conservative (all of whom would certainly fall under the Republican umbrella), none, zero, who thinks Obama has even done marginally well. In fact, most conservatives believe Obama's policies resemble those of a man bent on destroying our economy, our standard of living, and in taking our individual freedom and rights.

Guess that study on news bias was right on the money.

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