Actor --> Politician

We have been talking a lot about private eyes in public eyes and how the media tends to cross boundaries. But lately I've been thinking about instances in the past where non-political backgrounds tend to help politicians.
Take the two famous actors turned politicians- Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Both were successful actors, who often played the hero role in movies and who women often found to be charming and attractive. Did their movie career help them gain votes? Both were governors of California and I'd be interested to see if they were chosen not only for their political views, but because the voters of California felt a connection, meaning they liked voting in "one of their own" into office.

While I can't speak as much for the Reagan area, I do remember that Gov. Schwarzenegger quickly became the Governator for all media means, making sure his movie role as the tough annihilator who could annihilate the state's problems. It's interesting to think about this connection.

White House misspells "Libya"

Oh man, not again. You'd think the White House would use spellcheck more often

Howard Kurtz has struck again. He's always an interesting writer to me since he preaches objectivity, but seems to be one of the most subjective authors I read in the media. 

Writing things like 'Among those auditioning: acid-tongued congresswoman Michele Bachmann, bombastic billionaire Donald Trump, and pizza mogul Herman Cain. Jon Huntsman? Ron Paul? Rand Paul? Sure, take a number' and 'The GOP has always handed the nomination to the next old guy in line (John McCain, Bob Dole, Ronald Reagan); or the vice president (Richard Nixon, George H.W. Bush); or a close relative (George W.)' I find it difficult to consider his writing to be unbiased. What kills me most is the hypocrisy of his work. He makes his buck from scrutinizing and accusing other people of reporting with bias and then goes home and does it himself.

ObamaCare

The media has a special ability to put itself in subjectively objective situations in order to guard their own back. Take the term "ObamaCare"- though it is true that the health care reform was President Obama's idea and his proposed bill, the media has labelled it derogatorily. ObamaCare now triggers a negative feeling for most people who believe Obama is trying to Socialize our democracy. Now as the bill is once again heading through congress, Democrats are requesting that the negative term be banned from the House floor.

Olbermann Attempts a Return

According to a New York Times Article in today's paper, Keith Olbermann is coming back  to TV and will be hosting a new show on Current TV, a channel co-founded by Al Gore and one which Olbermann serves an executive manager... interesting considering his statement about independent media

“Nothing is more vital to a free America than a free media, and nothing is more vital to my concept of a free media than news that is produced independently of corporate interference.”