Thursday, October 23, 2008
Yes, Virginia, there is a Liberal Media
A new study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism finds the media's coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign has been decidedly biased for B. Hussein Obama.
The folks at the PEJ surveyed media coverage of Obama and McCain during a six week period beginning September 8. Here' what they found:
Coverage of Obama was 36 percent positive, 35 percent neutral or mixed and 29 percent negative. McCain's coverage was 57 percent negative and just 14 percent positive.
For those liberal ass-scratchers who're still not convinced that there is a discernable liberal bias in the mainstream media, the Campaign for Working Families gives us this explicit example of the media's blatant bias:
"Governor Sarah Palin recently did an interview with CNN's Drew Griffin. During the interview, Griffin noted that even conservatives have attacked her and proceeded to cite as an example a story from the conservative National Review, which, in Griffin’s words, said, 'I can’t tell if Sarah Palin is incompetent, stupid, unqualified, corrupt, or all of the above.'
"As it turns out, Griffin had lifted a quote from Byron York, who was describing how unfair the media's treatment of Sarah Palin has been. Here is the relevant section of York's article ...
"'Watching press coverage of the Republican candidate for vice president, it’s sometimes hard to decide whether Sarah Palin is incompetent, stupid, unqualified, corrupt, backward, or — or, well, all of the above. Palin, the governor of Alaska, has faced more criticism than any vice-presidential candidate since 1988, when Democrats and the press tore into Dan Quayle. In fact, Palin may have it even worse than Quayle.'
"York goes on to note, 'A look at Palin’s 20 months in power, along with interviews with people who worked with her, shows her to be a serious executive, a governor who picked important things to do and got them done — and who didn’t just stumble into an 80 percent job-approval rating.'"
Isn't it amazing what a difference a little context makes? It makes a supposedly non-biased reporter, who works for a supposedly non-biased cable news network, look like a liberal jackass. Indeed.
The folks at the PEJ surveyed media coverage of Obama and McCain during a six week period beginning September 8. Here' what they found:
Coverage of Obama was 36 percent positive, 35 percent neutral or mixed and 29 percent negative. McCain's coverage was 57 percent negative and just 14 percent positive.
For those liberal ass-scratchers who're still not convinced that there is a discernable liberal bias in the mainstream media, the Campaign for Working Families gives us this explicit example of the media's blatant bias:
"Governor Sarah Palin recently did an interview with CNN's Drew Griffin. During the interview, Griffin noted that even conservatives have attacked her and proceeded to cite as an example a story from the conservative National Review, which, in Griffin’s words, said, 'I can’t tell if Sarah Palin is incompetent, stupid, unqualified, corrupt, or all of the above.'
"As it turns out, Griffin had lifted a quote from Byron York, who was describing how unfair the media's treatment of Sarah Palin has been. Here is the relevant section of York's article ...
"'Watching press coverage of the Republican candidate for vice president, it’s sometimes hard to decide whether Sarah Palin is incompetent, stupid, unqualified, corrupt, backward, or — or, well, all of the above. Palin, the governor of Alaska, has faced more criticism than any vice-presidential candidate since 1988, when Democrats and the press tore into Dan Quayle. In fact, Palin may have it even worse than Quayle.'
"York goes on to note, 'A look at Palin’s 20 months in power, along with interviews with people who worked with her, shows her to be a serious executive, a governor who picked important things to do and got them done — and who didn’t just stumble into an 80 percent job-approval rating.'"
Isn't it amazing what a difference a little context makes? It makes a supposedly non-biased reporter, who works for a supposedly non-biased cable news network, look like a liberal jackass. Indeed.
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Thursday, October 23, 2008 
