Media Matters is targeting Jonathan Martin for calling Kerry and Gore “elitist”;
Summary: The Politico’s Jonathan Martin asserted as “fact” that Al Gore and John Kerry “were elitists and were out of touch with average Americans.” But to the extent the public perceived them in that manner, the media played a dominant role in creating and promoting that perception while largely avoiding discussion of whether President Bush was an “elitist.”
I am eagerly waiting for Media Matters to come down on HRC for saying the same thing:
The former first lady criticized Mr. Obama for a second straight day, saying his diagnosis that working-class voters were “bitter” was not only elitist but patronizing. She suggested the remarks were “in line” with the oft-repeated charge that the Democratic Party did not understand mainstream American culture and values. “We had two very good men and men of faith run for president in 2000 and 2004,” Mrs. Clinton said at a forum on faith televised live on CNN last night. “But large segments of the electorate concluded that they did not really understand or relate to or frankly respect their ways of life.”





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