Hillary Clinton coverage comparison

A comparison between Arianna Huffington's Presidential election coverage and Texas Rainmaker's clearly exposes the very opposing political views of the bloggers. The best contrasting posts pertain to Hillary Clinton. Both her election platform and moral beliefs are the subject of speculation in either blog.

Huffington's blog attempts to present a balanced and logical view of the candidates. In a post by Leonard Greene (hosted on Huffington's blog), Clinton's fundraising is under scrutiny. According to Greene, her Las Vegas trip was funded by a "disgraced" man named Norman Hsu. Although the post is clearly meant to tease a New York Post story, the information presented is clearly detrimental to Clinton and raises questions about her morality. According to the article, Hsu was jailed last month on investment-related charges.

"Hsu - who raised more than $850,000 for Clinton before being jailed last month on charges related to an investment scheme - treated the senator's campaign staff to several days at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, complete with free show tickets and dinners at posh restaurants," the Monday article said.

Huffington's blog also hosts pro-Hillary material, best displayed in the form of RJ Eskow's Monday post. Eskow lauds Clinton's plans for health care reform.

"Her plan is solidly in the center of Democratic proposals. It emphasizes mandated coverage, cost reduction measures, and the elimination of predatory insurance underwriting. At first review, it reinforces the sense that she and her staff are knowledgeable, highly competent, and incrementalist in their approach," Eskow's Monday article said.

Texas Rainmaker's blog contains overwhelmingly negative coverage of Clinton. It is important to note the blogger does not provide his name, but lists the name "Jason" and promotes himself as a conservative lawyer. In a Friday post, Clinton's choice of advisers and friends is clearly questioned.

"Her advisors include someone who negotiated a deal with North Korea to provide them nuclear fuel which they used to build weapons, someone who traded campaign donations for burial rights at Arlington National Cemetary from someone who never served in the military, and someone who pled guilty to stealing and destroying classified documents detailing the response to terror threats," the post said.

I was hard pressed to locate a pro-Hillary article. It is obvious in the wide spectrum of politics and blogs that balanced coverage is a rarity. I would much rather read the Huffington blog, and be more receptive to information located in the posts because of the balanced coverage. Texas Rainmaker is too one-sided for my tastes.