Originally Posted By: iggy
I don't think this qualifies as proof the press is liberal. It proves they are willing to work together to see that a particular question is answered. But, it does not prove bias.


A question they would never raise, let alone press an answer for, if it were Barack Obama, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, or any Democrat who was challenging a Republican president.

Other examples:

  • George W.'s golf-time as president(massive media outrage), vs. Obama's far greater golf-time as president(virtually no coverage)

    Bush's Jan 2005 re-inauration that cost 40 million (that the liberal media endlessly blasted as a heartless out-of-touch Republican extravagance while our soldiers were dying in Iraq and Afghanistan) vs. Obama's Jan 2009 inauguration that cost 160 million (without the slightest ripple of criticism from the Obama-adoring media).

    The endless years of media outrage that Bush's 2003 invasion of Iraq was an "illegal war" (despite that Bush went before the Senate and got the approval of congress, including virtually every Democrat) vs. the actual illegal war in Libya, where Obama at no time sought constitutional process or Senate approval, and the liberal media voiced absolutely no objection.

    The allegations of sexual harassment against Herman Cain from 2 women of highly questionable character and financial problems, with a history of accusing other men of sexual harassment, but lacking any evidence whatsoever that the media eagerly sold as absolutely true... vs. the quantifiably less reported allegations of Rep Anthony Weiner, who e-mailed photos of his penis to women nationwide, who was absolutely proven guilty beyond any doubt. But the media overwhelmingly reported mere allegations against a Republican, and gave far less reportage to absolutely proven allegations against Weiner.



There are many other examples. Bernard Goldberg cites many in his book, BIAS.

Liberal bias against Republicans is proven, not speculative.

  • from Do Racists have lower IQ's...

    Liberals who bemoan discrimination, intolerance, restraint of Constitutional freedoms, and promotion of hatred toward various abberant minorities, have absolutely no problem with discriminating against, being intolerant of, restricting Constitutional freedoms of, and directing hate-filled scapegoat rhetoric against conservatives.

    EXACTLY what they accuse Republicans/conservatives of doing, is EXACTLY what liberals/Democrats do themselves, to those who oppose their beliefs.