So he did it. And it finally offers some relief one might think. But then again I keep underestimating US media. It’s just the beginning of a bigger medial clash. Good for Barack Obama that he already learnt how to counter accusations like not wearing a flag pin hence lacking patriotism or being a secret muslim. The newest thing seems to be the gesture Obama and his wife shared. Not to mention the ridiculous hunt for Clinton and Obama when the two senators had a secret meeting. Sometimes I wonder why I still get upset about the news in America. That’s why I love Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report”. Both show what nonsense coverage the media landscape produces. Simply compare CNN’s US edition with the global one. Notice anything? That’s always point when I appreciate the journalistic standard I seem to enjoy here on German public television or our respectably daily and weekly newspapers. Although it saddens me to notice the same decline here, notably with Spiegel Online. It has been my browser’s homepage for some years now but I’m actually considering to switch to a different page. But that’d be another story :)

Edit: By the way, why do they care more about the pound than the slap on his wife’s back afterwards?

Update: Sorry I had to remove the video of Barack Obama giving Michelle the “pound” because it was deleted on youtube.