AP Edits Out Smith's Firebomb On Obama

As the good ole boys arrived at Speedway Motor Sports(TRK:NYSE) owned Atlanta Motor Speedway in preparation for the running Sunday of the Kobalt Tools 500, legendary track owner and promoter Bruton Smith went off on a tangent for reporters gathered.

Media reports suggest Smith covered a wide range of topics, ranging from NASCAR's movement to start races later in the day, tracks that Smith feels are lacking in consumer friendly areas and the impact of the first months of a Barack Obama presidency.

I came to find out about Smith's tirade in an article in The Orlando Sentinel, which you can read here. Audio of Smith's comments can be heard here. The Chicago Tribune, whose parent company also owns The Orlando Sentinel, also had an article written by an AP sports writer on Smith's news conference, which you can read here.

Surprisingly, however, there is an astonishing omission in the Tribune article. It seems the derogatorily comments Smith made about Obama were not included in the Chicago Tribune article. It would seem to me that the omission of these comments provides us with yet another example of media bias in favor of Mr. Obama. Certainly, in light of the current events surrounding the topic of anti-business policies and the rapid erosion of consumer confidence, Smiths comments on Obama were important and should have been included in the AP story. This would beg the question what other items on various stories are the Associated Press and Chicago Tribune editing out for your benefit?

Smith was incensed that Obama is attacking corporations and their sponsorship of events such as the NASCAR races Smith promotes. Intimidation is indeed hampering corporate involvement in events like this, although it is not a problem for the do as I say not as I do Obama Administration, as evidenced by VP gaffmaster Joe Biden meeting with the AFL-CIO at the very posh Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach. The full scale assault on prosperity by the Obama administration is certainly ruffling some feathers. And rightly so!