From WNYC in New York, this is NPR's On the Media.

I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Bob Garfield.

The primary season is over and, oh, how we'll miss it,

not just for the dignity and substance evinced by the candidates,

but also for the heroic conduct of the media,

focused as they were single-mindedly on the pressing issues of the day.

Do you think Reverend Wright loves America as much as you do?

The campaign has some obstacles with revelations about $400 haircuts.

Senator Clinton, where are you on this? Red Sox or Yankees?

I noticed you put one on yesterday, but you've talked about this before,

but it comes up again and again when we talk to voters.

And as you may know, it is all over the Internet.

Okay, maybe single-minded wasn't the right word.

The reference from ABC's Charlie Gibson in the final debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama

was to Obama's choice not to wear an American flag lapel pin.

Economic crisis, global warming, oil prices, and war got discussed in the debates,

but not to the exclusion of baseball loyalties $400 haircuts and lapel couture.

In that Clinton Obama debate, it wasn't clear who won, but it sure was apparent who lost.

We'll take one more commercial break. We'll come back, say good night, stay with us.

The crowd's turning on me.

The crowd is turning on me. The crowd is turning on me.

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