Political Satire - America's Presidential Election Coverage Is Biased and Steeped in Stupidity

Those of us who have suspected that the media coverage of
the 2008 Presidential Race has not been fair now have a
study to validate our suspicions.

The Center for Media and Public Affairs spent the past two
months monitoring comments by sources, voters, reporters
and anchors that aired on evening newscasts at America's
three main national networks (ABC, CBS and NBC) and
documented what many of us already knew.

Comments made about Barack Obama reflected positively about
Obama in 65% of the cases whereas comments made about John
McCain reflected positively about McCain in 31% of the
cases. Said another way, Obama received 35% negative
coverage and McCain 69% negative coverage.

The spin at all three major networks would say that they
each are professional and impartial at all times in news
coverage.

The first half of Fox News Channel's "Special Report" with
Brit Hume showed more balance than any of the network
broadcasters, although it was dominated by negative
evaluations of both campaigns.

The Center for Media and Public Affairs did not evaluate
programs on CNN or MSNBC. Your guess as to why CNN and
MSNBC were not evaluated is as good as mine. My guess is
that had the Center done so, the results would have been
skewed even more favorably toward Obama.

All of this seems to suggest that the broadcasters on ABC,
CBS and NBC would never allow fairness to get in the way of
promoting their favorite candidate.

While viewers cannot prevent this sort of uninformed,
unfair, unprofessional and immature pandering, they can
discern the difference and, if they cannot, they deserve
what they receive by accepting the influence.

Clear thinking individuals with maturity and discernment
need not be bothered by mediocre minds and mental midgets
who are irrelevant in the greater scheme of things. Mark
Twain, the great American author and humorist, said "I
never let schooling interfere with my education."

The lack of clear, concise, factual information by
broadcasters has been replaced by personal journalism on
the evening newscasts at major networks.

All of this pandering is done in a fit of righteousness. No
self-respecting liberal would ever be caught making an
unfair, unprofessional comment on a national stage. That is
why they are liberals.

Liberals are rarely wrong and, when they are, there are
usually extenuating circumstances that could not have been
prevented. This is one of the primary reasons why we would
want them running the country. They may not always be
effective, but they will most certainly always be right.

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