As noted by FAIR's Peter Hart in Extra! (5-6/08) and Eric Alterman and George Zornick in the Nation (7/7/08), it is difficult to find even one subject where the press has truly held McCain's feet to the fire while giving Obama a break from scrutiny. If corporate media are in love with Obama, they sure are picking a funny way of showing it. Full Story »
Posted by Patricia Blochowiak
The analysis is thorough and thoughtful. Wilson raises many widely ignored points. Of particular note regarding right wing statistics on media bias is: "positive/negative studies are a flawed measure of media bias. Not only do they rely on researchers interpretations of what is positive and negative, they implicitly assume that reality is neutral, and that fair coverage will produce comparable numbers of good news and bad news stories." My tendency to shout at news-tainment talking head fools, and then turning off the TV gives me a visceral feeling of how on-point Wilson is.
