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...doing it well takes a lot of skill. In other words you don't lather it on, you slip it in with a word here, an adjective there.

Here you're right. Slanted reports, like the original, are intentionally not blatant. They only soften up the readers for far worse propaganda (like the other thread about what was published by the NYTimes about Simon's fundraiser in New York -- someone please supply that link).

This newsstory we parsed is representative of many moderately biased pieces, published by country-cousin newsrags, which only jab and insinuate and insult.
Their job is not unlike the function of picadors at a bull fight: to clown and jab and cut and run and set the bull up for the matador.
The ever more heavyhanded and declining L.A. Times cannot take down opponents of their Dim* favorite by themselves.
Like an overly stuffed matador long past his prime, whose slashes at the bull are labored and lack grace; they need help -- a lot of it!

The 'translated' piece was--like the original--heavy handed and obvious.

If our intent was to produce an original and unbiased news report you'd have a legitimate complaint. You don't.

See, it's called reversing the polarity. While we went out of our way to avoid going overboard (see the original thread, referenced in comment #1, from which this was an expansion), we still needed to reverse the original bias in order to make it obvious.

For your next try, go back to your Davis campaign busses and let's see if they even can conjure up for you a better line of defense. <G>

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*Dim -- in the case of Gray Davis, this nickname carries too much, er, wattage, to be misunderstood as cavalier namecalling.

Slanted reports, like the original, are intentionally not blatant. They only soften up the readers for far worse propaganda (like the other thread about what was published by the NYTimes about Simon's fundraiser in New York

Here's one about Mr. Simon's visit to Burbank, CA. The slant is pretty obvious.
Long-Shot Winner Turns Dark Horse in California (Liberal Media Attacks Simon)
NY Times | May 17, 2002 | JAMES STERNGOLD
Posted on 5/21/02 8:22 AM Pacific by William Creel

The above was the closest I found. The only other recent NY Times article about Simon and Davis was the Oracle shredding scandal, below, and then news about Bush's visit to CA and about the April Field poll.
Inquiry May Shift Momentum in California Contest
New York Times | 5/04/02 | JAMES STERNGOLD
Posted on 5/4/02 12:04 AM Pacific by kattracks