Exposing Media Bias.
Posted by Carlos C. on Sunday, August 10th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
When it comes to media bias in American politics, exposing that bias is like exposing your lawn is green (unless you live in New Jersey). Everyone knows that it is there, and the media still continues to do it. But recently, when it comes to extramarital affairs and allegations of an affair, the media will protect you… if you are a Democrat. Shocking, huh?
This past February, the New York Times alleged that Senator McCain had an affair with lobbyist Vicki Iseman during McCain’s first White House run 8 years ago. The New York Times cited “low-level” staff members “close” to McCain who had “knowledge” of the affair. Right. Both McCain and Iseman denied the affair, however, the idiots at the Huffington Post ran with the story. It’s safe to say that all liberal media outlets and blogs were quick to accept the allegations as true. Of course it has to be true - it was in the New York Times! However, the American people laughed off the New York Times report as sensationalist and dishonest.
Last October, while John Edwards was still running for President, the National Enquirer ran a story alleging Edwards was having an affair with Rielle Hunter. Edwards called the story “tabloid trash”. Edwards was given the benefit of the doubt, especially since news reports in the National Enquirer are perceived as Hollywood gossip. The writers and editors of the National Enquirer kept working the story and finally cornered Edwards visiting Hunter at the Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
However, after the National Enquirer story was posted, the media moved quickly to protect Edwards and the Democratic Party. The media did not report the story. Wikipedia closed Edwards page entry. The Los Angeles Times banned its bloggers from writing about the story. It took a Fox News report to at least give the National Enquirer story some sense of credibility.
Now, John Edwards is furious that ABC News released a news story BEFORE the Olympic Games opening ceremony started on Friday, saying that his confession was to be aired exclusively at 11:30pm on ABC’s Nightline, when no one would be watching. ABC News posted the story at 3:01pm. Drudge Report linked to the ABC News story at 3:02pm, and Scoop This posted a breaking news blog at 3:03pm. Scoop This believes that ABC News did this in order to keep the story away from Rush Limbaugh, whose radio show ends at 3:00pm, and his 20 million listeners. However, Todd Schnitt and Sean Hannity, both with millions of listeners, covered the story on their 3:00pm radio shows.
Exposing credible Democratic scandals and affairs has been left up to less-than-credible print media, while a Republican who has a friend that was a lobbyist 8 years ago leads to reports and allegations of an affair by prestigious newspaper outlets. And liberals bitch about Fox News being “fair and balanced”? Right.
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