Posted on 07/25/2008 6:08:18 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
The New York Times' refusal to publish John McCain's rebuttal to Barack Obama's Iraq op-ed may be the most glaring example of liberal media bias this journalist has ever seen. But true proof of widespread media bias requires one to follow an old journalism maxim: Follow the money.
Even the Associated Press — no bastion of conservatism — has considered, at least superficially, the media's favoritism for Barack Obama. It's time to revisit media bias.
True to form, journalists are defending their bias by saying that one candidate, Obama, is more newsworthy than the other. In other words, there is no media bias. It is we, the hoi polloi, who reveal our bias by questioning the neutrality of these learned professionals in their ivory-towered newsrooms.
Big Media applies this rationalization to every argument used to point out bias. "It's not a result of bias," they say. "It's a matter of news judgment."
And, like the man who knows his wallet was pickpocketed but can't prove it, the public is left to futilely rage against the injustice of it all.
The "newsworthy" argument can be applied to every metric — one-sided imbalances in airtime, story placement, column inches, number of stories, etc. — save one.
An analysis of federal records shows that the amount of money journalists contributed so far this election cycle favors Democrats by a 15:1 ratio over Republicans, with $225,563 going to Democrats, only $16,298 to Republicans .
Two-hundred thirty-five journalists donated to Democrats, just 20 gave to Republicans — a margin greater than 10-to-1. An even greater disparity, 20-to-1, exists between the number of journalists who donated to Barack Obama and John McCain.
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CNN is the closet to being balanced, although their amount of donations on both sides is low. I really think CNN may end benefiting from MSNBC and Fox fighting.
How shocking!! Who would have thought/s. If Obama wins, these idiots will be taxed up their wazoos along with the rest of us. So at least we will see some justice.
Why no donations from Fox to Republicans?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Um... the headline doesn’t match the conclusion. There appears to be an extra “0”.
To avoid the very lashing you and others are now giving to the other channels for giving to the Democrats.
Well, at least FOX is going all out to prove that tey’re “fair and balanced”. LOL!
Those media illustrate perfectly LIBERAL FASCISM as they really weaken democracy ,the free and fair debate and then FREEDOM and JUSTICE.
The people who own the MSM try to influence the society and the citizens to reach their untold goals/interests.
This must be denounced by all the possible ways to make people conscious they have to defend freedom of thinking,free speech,and they must not let few liberal groups steal THEIR elections and rule THEIR country.
Obama looks like the “perfect” mediatic liberal creature.
A man from nowhere and everywhere,a man with many cultures and religions and hence with no real culture or religion....
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