As the Democratic primaries come to an end,the Project for excellence in journalism has concluded that despite claims to the contrary

Democrat Barack Obama has not enjoyed a better ride in the press than rival Hillary Clinton

and

the dominant personal narratives in the media about Obama and Clinton were almost identical in tone, and were both twice as positive as negative, according to the study, which examined the coverage of the candidates’ character, history, leadership and appeal—apart from the electoral results and the tactics of their campaigns

Indeed the evidence after the controversy over Obama's Pastor and Clinton criticising the media on being soft on her opponent actually swung to an overall negative coverage of the Democratic candidate for President

ABC under fire for televised debate

A shameful night for the American media is Greg Mitchell's verdict on last nights televised debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton

ABC News hosts Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos focused mainly on trivial issues as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama faced off in Philadelphia. They, and their network, should hang their collective heads in shame.

is how he describes it wandering how such major issues like Iraq,

had to wait for their few moments in the sun as Obama was pressed to explain his recent "bitter" gaffe and relationship with Rev. Wright (seemingly a dead issue) and not wearing a flag pin -- while Clinton had to answer again for her Bosnia trip exaggerations.

I'm glad that it is not just over here where politics is trivialised