Gaffes

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obamas-political-gaffe-will-be-fodder-in-general-election/2012/06/10/gJQAwZaSSV_story.html

Though presented parenthetically, one truthful sentence sums up the story: "(The point Obama was trying to make, however inartfully, was that the private sector was performing far better than the public sector.)" The reporting that follows should include (if any further reporting is necessary) such clarity of completeness. Instead, the media will feed the Republican propaganda premised on the president's statement unchallenged, uncorrected and unedited to the public. Honest, complete and truthful journalism, reporting and editing, has almost fully succumbed to the greed of market share. Repetition of any political rhetoric from the Right or Left without inclusion of "the rest of the story," i.e., the full truth available, makes a mockery of the First Amendment privilege of the Press.

Of course, spin, twist and alteration is expected from political opponents in situations such as this. However, it will be the allowance of such distortion and retention of viability by the Press (exclude commentators and bloggers from that definition) that ends in deception destructive to a democracy.