Posted by Tina
While conservatives complain of media bias, successfully demonstrating that bias often proves difficult. The giving of cash, however, offers solid and significant evidence of political leanings and affiliations and that’s what the following article does. The messenger of such news is often labeled a whiner but, when William Tate at the American Thinker backs the claim with research that causes such a label to lose much of it’s weight. The article breaks out various categories of giving within the industry and includes links to sources. I hope youll be pleased that you bothered to read: Big Media Puts Its Money Where Its Mouth Is, by William Tate American Thinker.
The New York Times’ refusal to publish John McCain’s rebuttal to Barack Obama’s Iraq Op-Ed may be the most glaring example of liberal media bias this journalist has ever seen, but true proof of widespread media bias requires one to follow an old journalism maxim: Follow the money. ** Even the Associated Press–no bastion of conservatism — has considered, at least superficially, the media’s favoritism for Barack Obama. It’s time to re-visit media bias. ** An analysis of federal election records shows that the amount of money journalists contributed so far this election cycle favors Democrats by a 15:1 margin over Republicans, with $225,563 going to Democrats, only $16,298 to Republicans. ** And while the money totals pale in comparison to the $9 million+ that just one union’s PACs have spent to get Barack Obama elected, they are more substantial than the amount that Obama has criticized John McCain for receiving from lobbyists: 96 lobbyists have contributed $95,850 to McCain, while Obama — who says he won’t take money from PACs or federal lobbyists — has received $16,223 from 29 lobbyists.
Please consider this obvious bias as you watch and listen to political reports during this electionchoose to be truly informed and do vote wisely.