Michelle's Speech and Fox News

Last night I watched Michelle Obama offer a moving speech. Her delivery was so inclusive that I felt she was talking to me about our mutual American family experience. Hard work and doing a good job were the mantras I grew up with too, and, like her, parenting was my most important though most difficult job. It was like we were soul sisters.
In other words, though some might say we are very different from each other, I really connected with her. Neither of my parents went to college, and they dreamed of a better life for me. I've raised two daughters, was a professional teacher, and married my soul mate. But I'm 15 years older than Michelle, I'm white, and I'm not a native Chicagoan. I was born in a small town in Missouri and lived in Chicago suburbia much of my life. But these facts didn't deter me from "getting" what Michelle was saying about her and Barack's background. We've all been part of the American dream. And like her, I know that that dream is disappearing. I know that for my thirty-year old daughter who works hard at a full-time job, and shares some of the parenting chores with her Mr. Mom husband, the American dream of owning their own home is fading.
But it's more than middle class dreams and values that have deteriorated. Our country's focus and demeanor have changed also. We're a more unforgiving, selfish even punitive bunch of people. And we're greedy. We're afraid that others will get more than their share or will take our share.
But last night Michelle talked about a better world, a world that could be. She talked about not settling for this one. And she moved me, as a mom, a daughter, a wife and a citizen.
But as I listened to her words, the cameras panned the audience. The only faces showing emotion were faces of color. The white Democrats looked bored, complacent or unengaged. What was going on?
And today I found out the reason for this impression. The feed for these camera shots came from only one channel, Fox News, the biased, right-leaning station notorious for shading perception. I had to find this out from Tom Hartman on Air America Radio. I would have appreciated reading about this in the regular media, but we don't get that kind of news. In fact, NBC spent more time talking about the feud between the Obama and Clinton camps and the resentment of some of the Clinton delegates than the issues brought up by Michelle Obamas illuminating speech.
Barack and Michelle Obama are symbols connecting America's past with our future. As the First Family they will serve as role models for all Americans.