As I recall, Franken was forced to admit to sending false letters to Attorney General Ashcroft in an effort to gather material for one of his books. He was also forced to admit to misappropriating official Harvard stationary as part of that self same scheme.

Neither of which would generally be considered acts of veracity.

Also, even if Gore got more "negative" coverage than Bush, that alone does not mean the press is not liberal. For example, how many of those "negative" stories were critical of Gore for not being liberal enough?

And then there is the question of quantification. For example, if one story was only midly negative about Gore (for example, calling him "stiff" or "uninspiring" as a speaker), while the other was strongly negative about Bush (for example, calling him stupid or unqualified or attacking his policies vs his personality), the mere fact that both stories were negative is not as relevant as Franken would like us to think.

Last edited by the G-man; 2004-02-16 3:22 PM.