I noticed something fishy about the media's reporting on the cost of Obama's inauguration. I noticed that the reports mentioned the costs to DC, to Virginia, and to Maryland. Okay. That's understandable. Then, I looked at the reporting on Bush's inauguartion, and had a hard time finding any mention of these costs to the states and to the City of DC. I wondered about that.
Turns out, in 2001 and in 2005, when the media reported on the cost of Bush's celebration, the media nearly meticulously declined to mention the costs to the states and to DC. So, we were led to believe Bush's party only cost a little bit compared to Obama's.
Our friends at Media Matters thought it looked fishy too, and they got to the bottom of it.
