Adam Ginsberg: An International Businessman’s Perspective on the Popular Mr. Obama

In traveling around the world, prior to the outcome of the 2008 US presidential election, what was fascinating to me was the world’s view of John McCain – that being a McCain presidency would simply mean 4 more years of George Bush.  This, as told to me by people in both small and big cities around the world, is clearly a case of media driven politics. Regardless of your political opinion of George Bush, or John McCain, the only insight a cab driver in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia – who barely speaks english – would have about the presidential nominees is what he or she sees on television and reads in the media. In probing deeper into these comments the answer to “Why do you feel that way” ended up validating this clear case of media...