WHY DRUDGE AND MURDOCH FAIL

The Drudge Report is currently running a large headline which simply reads: "I WILL CHANGE THE WORLD" under a photo of Barack Obama. The linked story takes you to a story from Rupert Murdoch's SkyNews, which parrots the exact same quote attached to the Democratic Candidate, and talks of his speech yesterday in Henderson, Nevada.

I was troubled. This just didn't seem like the words Obama would choose. After all, he may be many things, but Barack Obama has forged his campaign with the idea that America works best "from the bottom up", and that ordinary people can make a change. Which is maybe why a text search for "I will change the world," never matched the transcript of his statements in Nevada. His speech actually read like this:

And if in these last few days, you will knock on some doors for me, and make some calls for me, and go to barackobama.com and find out where to vote – and remember, you can vote early here in Nevada. If you will stand with me, and fight by my side, and cast your ballot for me, then I promise you this – we will not just win Nevada, we will not just win this election, but together, we will change this country and we will change the world. Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless America.

I guess it's kinda hard to paint a guy like a megalomaniac when he's actually empowering everyday people to join together for change? So yeah, why show some journalistic integrity? Why not simply replace the word "we", for "I", and see where that gets you?

You know, if only Obama were as dishonest as these scumbags - then they might have something to smear him with.