If there was a liberal bias, what possible explanation could there be for this?
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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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In study, evidence of liberal-bias bias - Los Angeles Times
That's ABC, NBC, and CBS... they didn't even bother with FOX.
People like to cite liberal commentators like Olbermann as the "equal but opposite for Bill O'Reilly", but the reality is that Bill O'Reilly has been repeatedly caught up in scandal due to his repeated lies. He has been found to make up facts to support the Bush Administration again and again, and his network has even admitted to getting talking points from the Administration? Olbermann? He isn't in the back pocket of the Democratic party, he just happens to be liberal (and dislikes Bill O'Reilly almost as much as I do). Not even more radical liberal news sources like Daily Kos have been getting talking points from politicians.