I have a bone to pick with mainstream media (or MSM, as apparently the interwebs are referring to it).

From Time Magazine:
"The University of Chicago sits on the city's South Side in a neighborhood called Hyde Park, an enclave of tree-lined streets, upscale condos and cafés."

From Newsweek:
"Barack Obama . . . lives in an expensive home in Chicago's tony Hyde Park section, an academic enclave hard by the University of Chicago."

I have a certain fondness for Hyde Park, but seriously, these writers have clearly never been anywhere near my neighborhood! Even if you want to claim that Hyde Park is an "enclave" on the Southside, which I suppose can be reasonably argued, it's hardly tony or upscale.

Maybe people wouldn't think of Barack as such an elitist if they rode the #6 bus down to his house. Actually I'm somewhat okay with elitism (especially intellectual elitism), but since the American public apparently wants leaders they can drink beer with, I just wish they had a more accurate portrayal of where Barack lives.