Why Media Bias Claims From The Right Are Ridiculous

12:16 am EST August 30th, 2007 | Media | 2 Comments

From the conservative blog, The Cable Game:

And on CNN, one sees, routinely, all manner of jabs at Bush: John King, for example, saying that George W. Bush’s popularity was “in the dumps.” Excuse me, but that’s bias.

That’s actually not bias, but reporting. President Bush has an average approval rating of 32.4%. By any objective measure of political approval, a 32.4% approval rating is “in the dumps”. Saying otherwise could at best be charitably characterized as b.s. but it’s certainly not “bias” and especially not a liberal one.

Here are some actual instances of misinformation from CNN’s John King, but conservatives have defined down “bias” to include anyone who doesn’t kiss the butt of the Republican party.

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2 Responses to “Why Media Bias Claims From The Right Are Ridiculous”

  1. durablend says:
    August 30, 2007 at 8:20 am

    Wow–You mean Bush isn’t the greatest man who has ever walked on Earth (short of God almighty himself)?

  2. Duros62 says:
    August 30, 2007 at 1:19 pm

    Now if he said “That dumbass Fascist that currently stinks up the halls of the West Wing’s popluarity is in the dumps,” then yeah, I could see that as biased.