AP Questions Media Bias in National Election

[kinggovernor]

Originally Posted by Scrum

Some of the media likes McCain
But they LOVE Obamamania

[JaJae]

Originally Posted by garbagemanlb

The media just loathes McCain.

I don't think anyone says the media loathes McCain. But they surely prefer Obama and I think that's very clear.

[thatguyoverthere]

Obama's the new thing. They're covering him, but not necessarily favoring him. I guess everyones already forgotten the New Yorker cover and Rev. Wright.

If something goes wrong for Obama, they'll turn back into sharks and eat him alive. Everyone knows this to be true. The media's biased toward controversy, not politics. They covered these Jesse Jackson comments as if they were actual news.

I support Obama. Donated and put on my bumper sticker just the other day. But I can't see him winning. Obama supporters are those folks that traditionally don't go out and vote. McCain's supporters are those that do, and they won't be affected one whit by pro-Obama media coverage.

77% of Americans say the country is on the wrong track. Obama is popular in his party and in the media. McCain is unpopular in his party and in the media. Yet Obama is leading McCain by less than 5 percentage points. There is a disconnect there that no amount of "liberal media" pro-Obama coverage can overturn. Obama represents change, and no matter how dissatisfied about the status quo people say they are, the folks that actually drag their asses out to vote fear change. They would rather go with the devil they know than the one they don't. So, all this fuss here about if the media is pro-Obama or not doesn't matter at all.

[7960]

Originally Posted by Scrum

I'm still flabbergasted that anyone thinks McCain is getting unfair treatment from the media.

I'm amazed that someone can look at the coverage for both and think they're getting equal treatment.

[kinggovernor]

Originally Posted by Scrum

I'm still flabbergasted that anyone thinks McCain is getting unfair treatment from the media.

Voters have little doubt as to who is benefitting from the media coverage this year—Barack Obama. Fifty-four percent (54%) say Obama has gotten the best coverage so far. Twenty-two percent (22%) say McCain has received the most favorable coverage while 14% say that Hillary got the best treatment.

And that was a June poll before Hillary dropped out.
Rasmussen Reports™: The most comprehensive public opinion coverage ever provided for a presidential election.

[Scrum]

More about this...

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics...0,712999.story

In study, evidence of liberal-bias bias

Cable talking heads accuse broadcast networks of liberal bias -- but a think tank finds that ABC, NBC and CBS were tougher on Barack Obama than on John McCain in recent weeks.

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The Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University, where researchers have tracked network news content for two decades, found that ABC, NBC and CBS were tougher on Obama than on Republican John McCain during the first six weeks of the general-election campaign. You read it right: tougher on the Democrat.
During the evening news, the majority of statements from reporters and anchors on all three networks are neutral, the center found. And when network news people ventured opinions in recent weeks, 28% of the statements were positive for Obama and 72% negative.
Network reporting also tilted against McCain, but far less dramatically, with 43% of the statements positive and 57% negative, according to the Washington-based media center.



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McCain has also made numerous gaffes during this six week period.

So now we know who the mainstream media is harder on.

[kinggovernor]

Originally Posted by Scrum

More about this...

In study, evidence of liberal-bias bias - Los Angeles Times
McCain has also made numerous gaffes during this six week period.

So now we know who the mainstream media is harder on.

the study was only about a small part of the media, and they use coded data which is open for interpretation to say the least.

"The study found, on average, less than two opinion statements per night on the candidates on all three networks combined"

that just isn't true.