I should think that it would be readily apparent to anyone that pays attention to several mass media outlets that the slant of a majority of news stations is decidedly to the left.
Between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30, 2005, almost 1,400 stories appeared on the following major news networks: ABC, CBS and NBC evening news. Of these 1,400 stories more than half focused on the costs and problems of the war, four times as many as those that discussed the successes. Almost none of the stories gave light to the triumphs of American soldiers.
When a nonpartisan media watchdog organization named the Center for Media and Public Affairs conducted a study of the network news broadcasts, the results were thus; during the active war against Saddam Hussein, 51% of news reports about the conflict were negative; during the 2004 general election, 89% were negative; by spring 2006, 94% were negative. Even during Vietnam and Korea media decline wasn't as sharp despite a drastically higher casuality rate.
2007-02-03
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