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Politics, News & Issues > US Leaders Why Obama's inauguration attracted unprecedented attention: 3 of 4

Inauguration Day 2009: The Media's Perspective During the campaign, the media did its level-best to paint Barack Obama as a strange blend of rock star and (Muslim?) messiah. Perhaps it's no surprise then that his inauguration ceremony was treated in precisely the same way. One of the first eye-popping stories about the inauguration reported that the event was going to cost $160 million, nearly four times as much as Bush spent in 2005. A little fact-checking would reveal that this incredible comparison really wasn't credible at all, but the media ran with it anyways. Next, Americans heard s...
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