A look at the best and worst coverage of race in the presidential election.

1. THE BEST AND WORST OF
THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION

2. THE WORST

3. “KILL HIM!”
OCTOBER 6 2008
AT A RALLY FOR VICE­PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE SARAH PALIN, SOME
SUPPORTERS SHOUTED quot;KILL HIM!quot; AND “TERRORIST!” IN
REFERENCE TO OBAMA, JUST AFTER PALIN ACCUSED OBAMA OF
CRITICIZING TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN.

4. OBAMA IS A MUSLIM
JUNE 2008
ON FOX NEWS AND SOME OTHER NEWS OUTLETS, PRESIDENTIAL
HOPEFUL BARACK OBAMA WAS REPEATEDLY REFERENCED TO AS
MUSLIM. OBAMA’S FORMER STEP­FATHER, LOLO SOETERO, IS
MUSLIM, ALTHOUGH HE WAS LAX IN HIS FAITH.

5. THE KATIE COURIC INTERVIEWS
SEPTEMBER 24 2008
IT WAS PLAIN UNCOMFORTABLE AND AWKWARD TO WATCH SARAH
PALIN TRY TO APPEAR THOUGHTFUL AND WELL­SPOKEN DURING
HER INTERVIEW WITH KATIE COURIC.
COURIC: YOU'VE CITED ALASKA'S PROXIMITY TO RUSSIA AS PART OF YOUR
FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE. WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT?
SARAH PALIN: THAT ALASKA HAS A VERY NARROW MARITIME BORDER
BETWEEN A FOREIGN COUNTRY, RUSSIA, AND, ON OUR OTHER SIDE, THE LAND‐
BOUNDARY THAT WE HAVE WITH CANADA. IT'S FUNNY THAT A COMMENT LIKE
THAT WAS KINDA MADE TO … I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW … REPORTERS.
COURIC: MOCKED?
PALIN: YEAH, MOCKED, I GUESS THAT'S THE WORD, YEAH.

6. JAMES HARRIS
OCTOBER 11 2008
ASIDE FROM POLITICAL CANDIDATES, THERE WAS JAMES HARRIS,
THE BLACK MAN WHO ASKED MAN WHO ASKED MCCAIN TO BEAT
OBAMA.
“I AM BEGGING YOU, SIR,” HARRIS SAID. “I AM BEGGING YOU. TAKE IT
TO HIM.”

7. THE BEST

8. “A MORE PERFECT UNION”
MARCH 18 2008
OBAMA POVIDED SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ELECTION. HIS
SPEECH ON RACE AND THE SUBSEQUENT MEDIA COVERAGE, WAS
THE CLIMAX OF THE MEASLY DISCUSSION ON RACE DURING THE
ELECTION.

9. HIGH VOTER TURNOUT
NOVEMBER 4 2008
BESIDES THE OBVIOUS HIGHLIGHT OF OBAMA’S VICTORY, HIGH
VOTER TURNOUT FOR BLACKS AND ALL MINORITIES DEFINITELY
MADE OBAMA'S VICTORY EVEN NICER.