Media Only Fuels Stereotype

What’s sad is that since Barack Obama was introduced as the 44th President of the United States of America, the media appears more fascinated with his March Madness bracket than they do with his health care plan (okay, maybe not health care).

First, the media published a copy of Obama’s college basketball tournament bracket. Then they had to do another story because Obama looked like a genius, since he successfully picked every one’s second favorite team (North Carolina) to win it all.

Since that time the media blessed us with “Barack Obama does NBA predictions” and “Barack Obama does the MLB…Hard!”

George Bush once owned a portion of the Texas Rangers and his sports input wasn’t even noted.

What’s next, “Barack Obama picks UFC 90 Champion?”

I’m not blaming Obama on this one. If the guy likes sports and likes to talk about sports (like we all do), then so be it.

But if the media is actually going to stoop this low on its coverage…and bias, than I might just shove a foot in my mouth and attempt to choke.

43 Presidents came before Barack Obama and not one was asked to become a sports analyst. But now that we have a black president, he must know who’s going to win the World Series, right?

Get real people! The only thing more stereotypical than assuming a black man is good and knows a lot about sports is asking him to publicly announce chicken is his favorite main course and that he doesn’t like camping.

For those of you who actually care what Obama thought about the MLB postseason - Obama announced that since he is such a big Chicago White Sox fan, he’s not making any predictions as long as his beloved home team has a mathematical shot at the playoffs.

But he’s tipping his hand a bit with mentions of the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees.

He tells NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the Cardinals are coming on strong. And he says slugging first baseman Albert Pujols is “unbelievable.” Pujols leads the big leagues in home runs, is tied for first in runs batted in, and is second in batting average in the National League.

As for the American League, Obama says the Yankees are doing well. And he singles out New York shortstop Derek Jeter for breaking Lou Gehrig’s team record for career hits. Obama calls Jeter “a classic.”

I’m sure it will be big news once Barack makes his selection again.

No word yet if you can run off to Vegas, put $400 on Obama’s pick, and write it off later as “tax-exempt, because Barack said it was the smart choice.”