Rendell Says Obama Coverage Was Embarrassing

Gov. Ed Rendell lit into the media today for what he described as "embarrassing" coverage of Barack Obama during the primary campaign.

The comments, reported by Politico, came during what were supposed to be the closing remarks at the Shorenstein Center-sponsored panel discussion with the three anchors of the Sunday news shows.

"Ladies and gentleman, the coverage of Barack Obama was embarrassing," said Rendell, in the ballroom at Denver's Brown Palace Hotel. "It was embarrassing."

“MSNBC was the official network of the Obama campaign," Rendell said, who called their coverage "absolutely embarrassing."

Chris Matthews, Rendell said, "loses his impartiality when he talks about the Clintons.”

At that point, PBS's Judy Woodruff, who was moderating the moderators event, said: "Why don’t we let Governor Rendell sit down." Read more….

Interesting that Rendell’s criticism comes up now. Will he still feel the same when Obama’s opponent is a Republican?

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