How Republicans Get a Pass from US Media

From A plain blog about politics blog site:

... Newt Gingrich executed a complete partisan reversal on Libya, going from beating on the president for not establishing a no-fly-zone to attacking him for doing so without so much as a phony explanation. And for noting Newt's historical amnesia (Newt is certain, also without any actual argument or explanation, that this is as "badly run as any foreign operation we’ve seen in our lifetime," apparently managing to exceed Vietnam, Iraq, and the Iran hostage rescue, among other things, despite not producing even anything anecdotal that's gone wrong). And for noting that Today Show host Matt Lauer didn't challenge any of that. See Dave Weigel for transcripts.

Of course, the thing to remember about Newt is that he's a total fraud. So calling him out is not that hard to do.

It is interesting how the media feels no compunction about attacking Obama and continually allowing people to say the most idiotic things (he's a Muslim, he's not a US citizen, he's a socialist) but they never managed to say anything similar about George Bush (he was a draft dodger who failed to complete his National Air Guard service, that he was a drunkard and dope addict, that he failed at every "business" he tried to run, that he used his father to squelch an SEC investigation into insider trading, etc.). Nope, "the Decider" got a pass. But Obama who tries harder, is more honest, and is a decent guy gets screwed by the media because he isn't a lapdog for the ultra-rich.