The True Face of Bias

Just one more little note on the media's inability to regain creditably. They really never had any to start with, of course, we just never had anything to compare it to until talk radio and the blogs came along. Thank Rush Limbaugh for this when he started back in 1988, I believe.

The national press seems to over look the fact that they have a double standard. The truth be known, they don't believe they have a bias. Trying to destroy conservatives and Republicans is not being biased, it's doing the right thing. They truly see nothing wrong with that.

When Harry Whittington was shot by Vice President Cheney last week in a hunting accident, the press went into a feeding mode that hasn't been seen in recent memory. All other stories were dropped.

The white house press conference was a good example of a national press corp out of control. One of the reporters, David Gregory of NBC, asked the press secretary a question before the cameras were on, so the secretary told him should wait until they were on the air to ask questions. The reporter just exploded with outrage. "Do think I only care about being on camera? Have you forgotten who I am? I am part of the national press and therefore above such ordinary ego driven handicaps. Just answer the question or I will have you replaced," or something like that - heh

The press secretary, McClellan, tried to calm him down, but he would have none of that. This was serious stuff. This reporter just knew that there was more lying by administration on this shooting, and that a cover-up was at hand. The media saw chance to get Cheney and they would not be put off - their questions were viscous and relentless.

Let's compare this with the media coverage of the Vincent Foster suicide during the Clinton administration's first term. The coverage was very professional and straight forward. The main stream press was very sympathize and soft peddled the coverage. How sad it must be for the Clintons. Poor troubled Vincent.

When the first details were release nine days after the death, nobody raised a question about the public's need to know. Even though there were, thirteen years ago, and still are, questions that never got answered, the whole thing was dropped.

What about Ted Kennedy? That girl died and nobody cared. How long was it before he reported the crash to the police? Do you think he needed to think this through? Hey, all he had to do to was go on television and make a statement and all was forgiven. No story there so let's move on to more important things.

The Clintons had more than twenty scandals during their two terms. Nobody cared.

All of these were crimes against the people of this country and everybody knew it, but the press decided that it was best to turn a blind eye to the scandals as it would put a damper on a Democratic President. Now we can't have that, can we. Let the good times roll.

It isn't too difficult to see the difference in coverage of the events. This same bias has been the standard ever since Bush got elected in 2000. Actually the main stream press was almost as vicious in their attacks on Reagan.

The press will use any device at it's disposal to reek havoc on the Republicans and George Bush in particular, even if it means putting the nation at risk. There are no limits.

Do me a favor, when you read the daily paper, any daily anywhere in the country, see who wrote the report. If it was any of the wire services like the Associated Press, Knight Ridder or Reuters you can be assured it will be biased or just plain wrong.

Look how it is written. Be aware of the tone that the writer uses, especially if it is on the front page. The pictures that they use will be a laugh as well. Most of the time the captions won't match the pictures. They just us the picture to illustrate a bias.

You will notice that it will read like an editorial. The writer will have an opinion. I can assure you this bias will appear in all sections of the newspaper, even the comics and the entertainment sections.