Saturday, August 04, 2012

MSM slightly tilted toward Obama? Ya think?

These are the same people who scoff at Fox news being fair and balanced. Remember, Fox News began making left turns not too long after Obama was elected. Watching Megan Kelly or Shepherd Smith it is easy to see how leftist they have become in the last four years, even so, they can't quite compare to the likes of Brian Williams at NBC and Diane Sawyer at ABC.

 Still it is refreshing to see that someone out there also sees and takes note at the obvious prejudicial coverage between Obama and Romney and democrats and republicans.

  Networks That Fawned Over Obama's World Tour Mock Romney's International 'Blunders'

Mitt Romney's week-long international trip resulted in unrelentingly negative coverage from the big three broadcast networks, a stark change from the glowing press awarded to then-candidate Barack Obama's world tour in 2008. While Obama was treated like a rock star (from the Associated Press: "It's not only Obama's youth, eloquence and energy that have stolen hearts across the Atlantic...."), Romney endured a focus on gaffes and the trivial. MRC analysts examined all 21 ABC, CBS and NBC evening news stories about Romney's trip to London, Israel and Poland between July 25 and July 31. Virtually all of these stories (18, or 86%) emphasized Romney's "diplomatic blunders," from his "golden gaffe" at the Olympic games to "missteps" that offended the Palestinians. Read more:

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