It is almost beyond comprehension that here we are four months into Obama’s presidency and nobody outside of the blogosphere - with the exceptions of Dobbs,  Fox News and conservative talk radio - is taking a serious in-depth look at ACORN, its myriad associated groups/companies, its political connections, and - most importantly - its close association with the Obama administration and role in bringing it to/keeping it in power.

I was speaking with someone the other day who gets their news primarily from the mainstream or Obama-friendly outlets (ABC, CNN, etc…) and our conversation reiterated, for me at least, how little the general public really understands about our federal government in terms of what its actual role is supposed to be and, more importantly, where its limits are as defined by our Constitution.

The lack of real reporting being done by the overwhelming majority of traditional media outlets these days is, in my opinion, largely responsible for this ignorance. With the exception of the current generation, Americans in general were raised to believe that the large institutionalized media outlets (CBS, NBC, ABC, NY Times, etc…) were the bringers of truth; if they said it, then that’s the way it was. Period. Not that it was necessarily so; some may argue - correctly perhaps - that major media has been corrupt to some degree or other for decades. There was, however, this perceived aura of integrity surrounding the major players that protect them to this very day from the critical scrutiny they deserve. Unfortunately, even as one major media outlet after another allows its objectivity to fall victim to ideology in obvious and even brazen ways, a large segment of the population still puts their trust in them fully and simply refuse believe that these outlets are either biased or corrupt despite the evidence.

The state of big media these days borders on criminal; the things they turn a blind eye to -  Obama’s ongoing shady campaign fund raising efforts, for example - belie any claims of unbiased reporting they may still make. Their lack of coverage of - and complicity in -  the massive political fraud happening before all of our eyes is disgraceful.

Michelle Malkin’s syndicated column today looks at one of these big media outlets in particular - the New York Times - and how “Fishwrap of Record’s admission that it spiked an election eve story on the possible illegal coordination between the Obama campaign and ACORN’s canvassing arm, Project Vote, has gotten zero scrutiny.”

Another absolutely mind-blowing read on the subject comes from the Gateway Pundit, and illustrates by example how Obama’s fund raising machine is still accepting donations from anyone, anywhere, with absolutely no verification of the actual source.

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-Cnation