Media Darlings: The Maverick or The Chosen One?

Do reporters like John McCain better? Can Captain Straight Talk Express even complain? And should Obama sidestep his rep as the Anointed One? Plus, Teresa talks Jordanian blogs looking to paint Obama into Israel's camp...

On this week's W&W show, Greg Mitchell, author of the new book So Wrong for So Long and editor of Editor & Publisher, stops by to give a brief look into last week's Netroots Nation, and he joins two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist David Horsey of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer to discuss the brouhaha over the New Yorker cartoon, editorial judgment, and Obama's big trip overseas. Mitchell talks the war, and the discrepancy between public opinion and candidates' talking points, while Horsey takes some time to address his own approach to portraying McCain and Obama in cartoon-form.

Below is Horsey's response to the New Yorker cover, lampooning the attacks on Obama:

www.davidhorsey.com, Originally published on Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Wilshire & Washington, the weekly Blog Talk Radio program that explores the intersection of politics, entertainment, and new media, features co-hosts Ted Johnson, Managing Editor of Variety (www.wilshireandwashington.com); conservative blogger Teresa Valdez Klein (www.teresacentric.com), and liberal blogger Maegan Carberry (www.maegancarberry.com). The show airs every Wednesday at 7:30am PST on BlogTalkRadio.com.

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I agree with David Horsey on the Obama overseas issue. When Barack goes overseas, other leaders do treat him like "the one." They treat him with respect, and act as though he will be the next president of the US--doesn't that say something about him and his campaign? It's not just the media trumpeting his success--it's international leaders. It's grassroots efforts across America. He has, obviously, done a terrific job garnering popular support to position himself well against McCain and the Republican efforts. On the other hand, McCain's feeble response to Barack's superstar personality has done little to help his campaign--complaining that Barack gets more media coverage? It sounds to me like you should be talking to your PR folks, John, not attacking the media. Certainly, the coverage of Obama has been extraordinary, but that's partly due to some out-of-this world campaign management and public relations efforts. Barack Obama is the one, and John McCain, it seems, is just about the last person to notice.