CNN is carving a new niche: actual investigative reporting on subjects adverse to Barack Obama. This report, coming on the heels of the excellent piece on the Bill Ayers connection, details the extent of the ACORN fraud racket. It is shocking, frankly. “It is fraud,” says the Democratic election official interviewed. And CNN pulls no punches: this is widespread. They are also clear that the Obama campaign spent $800,000 on ACORN and that Obama represented ACORN as an attorney. The only omission: while on the Woods Fund board, Obama and Ayers oversaw grants totaling nearly $200,000 to ACORN.

There is no reason why this topic (along with many others: Obama’s connections to far-Left cronies, Obama’s voting record in the Illinois state senate, Obama’s ever-shifting foreign policy positions) shouldn’t be covered by other MSM outlets. Republicans aren’t asking for anything other that this type of reporting: fair and factual. CNN’s reports are noteworthy because they are rare. The conclusion is inescapable: virtually all of the MSM has no interest in–or desire to cover–stories adverse to Obama.