What media bias?

From the New York Times today:

In the beginning, Senator Barack Obama was not entirely sold on Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. And Mr. Biden told friends that he was pessimistic of his chances of becoming Mr. Obama’s Democratic running mate.

Over the course of two months, as the dynamics of the presidential campaign and world events shifted quickly, Mr. Biden’s stock rose through one of the most rigorous vice-presidential vetting processes that Democrats could recall.

 

“In the beginning”?!?!? Are you kidding me?

And, how could this possible be “one of the most rigorous” VP vetting processes when it didn’t include Hillary Clinton. The New York Times’ piece doesn’t even mention her name.