The Agony of The Liberal Media

[red states rule]

The Edwards story, along with the Detroit Mayor saga, is showing the bias the liberal media has when it comes to reporting news. They pounce when a member of the Republican party is caught doing something wrong, but they do their best to ignore a story when it involves a Democrat



The Edwards Scandal and the Agony of the MSM
They know it’s news. They just wish it would go away.

By Byron York

I spent part of Thursday corresponding with people at major news organizations that have not reported the John Edwards “love child” story. Why haven’t they mentioned the scandal? Are they doing their own investigating of the National Enquirer’s allegations? Are they under management directives not to report it?

Most of the conversations — all of the revealing ones — were off the record; like anyone else, people in the press aren’t particularly eager to speak publicly about topics that make them uncomfortable. But from the exchanges, it’s possible to piece together some of the rationales journalists are using to continue not to report the Edwards story — and to see how the whole strange episode will end. So without quoting anyone or betraying any confidences, here is what appears to be going on:

First, the journalists don’t believe that news organizations should just uncritically pass on the reporting of the Enquirer. They have a point; the Enquirer has been quite accurate on some stories and inaccurate on others. One could argue that the tabloid’s reporting on this particular story contains a wealth of detail that remains un-denied by Edwards or anyone else. Still, there’s nothing wrong with news organizations being skeptical of the source.

But the question is not whether the news organizations should simply repeat the Enquirer’s reporting. It’s whether they are actively pursuing the story, doing their own reporting in an effort to confirm the basic allegations that Edwards had an affair with campaign staffer Rielle Hunter, and then had a baby with her, and is now covering it up. And here it appears — from this completely unscientific survey — that there is not a lot of independent reporting going on.

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=N2JmMjY1ZWQ0MGZkY2I3NjIwZDg0ODc2ZTAzZmNmMTQ=

[Joe Steel]

The Edwards story, along with the Detroit Mayor saga, is showing the bias the liberal media has when it comes to reporting news. They pounce when a member of the Republican party is caught doing something wrong, but they do their best to ignore a story when it involves a Democrat

The Edwards Scandal and the Agony of the MSM
They know it’s news. They just wish it would go away.

By Byron York

I spent part of Thursday corresponding with people at major news organizations that have not reported the John Edwards “love child” story. Why haven’t they mentioned the scandal? Are they doing their own investigating of the National Enquirer’s allegations? Are they under management directives not to report it?

This must be a none story. Fox isn't doing around the clock coverage of it.

[red states rule]

This must be a none story. Fox isn't doing around the clock coverage of it.

Fox was all over it yesterday. Fox was doing some reporting of the story before yesterday, but the liberal media ignored it until Pretty Boy fessed up

Which is the point of the thread

[Joe Steel]

Fox was all over it yesterday. Fox was doing some reporting of the story before yesterday, but the liberal media ignored it until Pretty Boy fessed up

Which is the point of the thread

I was flipping channels last night and stopped at Fox News for moment. They weren't talking about it and the crawler was about something else so it can't be much of a story.

[red states rule]

I was flipping channels last night and stopped at Fox News for moment. They weren't talking about it and the crawler was about something else so it can't be much of a story.

O'Reilley was a repeat, but Pretty Boy was the a live segemnt in the beginning. They broke for the normal news updates from around the world but the shows last night was all OPretty Boy all the time

YOU tuned into Fox News. Watch it Joey - you will lose your membership in the Looney Left Club :laugh2:

[Joe Steel]

Cheating is a personal matter but I suppose you can make something of the lying. Although, I'm inclined to think denials aren't lies when the question never should have been asked.

[red states rule]

Cheating is a personal matter but I suppose you can make something of the lying. Although, I'm inclined to think denials aren't lies when the question never should have been asked.

It is sign of CHARACTER - or lack thereof

The point is Joey, the liberal media does its best to ignore the story when a Dem is involved. If the crud is a Republican they camp outside the guys house demanding answers

Speaking of liberal bias..........


AP: 'Gay Ex-Governor Owes Wife No Alimony'... But What Party?
By Warner Todd Huston (Bio | Archive)
August 9, 2008 - 03:49 ET

Many of you will remember New Jersey Governor James McGreevey who ended up having to admit he gave his gay lover an undeserved State job -- even as the gay lover claimed sexual harassment -- and that he was cheating on his wife and family with that very gay lover. Many will also remember that disgraced Governor James McGreevey was a Democrat. "Many" apparently doesn't include the Associated Press because they are still publishing stories about James McGreevey leaving out that one little fact that he was a Democrat.

To the AP, McGreevey is merely the "Former Gov." who has succeeded in winning a recent court case brought by his ex-wife who was seeking alimony. Oh, the AP gives us all sorts of information about our friend James McGreevey. The AP tells us that he was an acknowledged "gay American," we find out he was "the nation's first openly gay governor," and that McGreevey is now oddly a "seminary student."

But, not once does the AP let us know he was a Democrat.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/08/09/ap-gay-ex-governor-owes-wife-no-alimony-what-party

and

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/08/national/main4333300.shtml

[Joe Steel]

It is sign of CHARACTER - or lack thereof



I agree. McCain does display a lack of character.

[red states rule]

I agree. McCain does display a lack of character.

Lame attempt at trying to change the subject

Another example of the liberal media bias when a Dem is caught


Kilpatrick Leads Democratic Group, Yet All But CBS & FNC Refuse to ID Him as (D)
By Brent Baker (Bio | Archive)
August 7, 2008 - 22:01 ET

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is hardly reticent about touting himself as a Democrat. After all, he's the Vice President of the National Conference of Democratic Mayors and in January was re-elected its representative to the Democratic National Committee. But in ABC and NBC news stories Thursday night about how a Michigan judge ordered him to jail immediately for violating his bond, neither identified him as a Democrat (verbally or on screen) -- not even in a full two-minute NBC story. On CBS, fill-in anchor Russ Mitchell didn't mention Kilpatrick's party in three teases/plugs for the upcoming story, nor in the introduction to it, but two-thirds into his report, Dean Reynolds, who in a March story failed to ID Kilpatrick, referenced: “Once a rising star in Democratic Party politics...”

Making that same “rising star” point, from a smoggy (or foggy?) Beijing, NBC anchor Brian Williams managed to avoid mentioning Kilpatrick's party affiliation:

Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was once viewed as a rising political star in the United States. Tonight he has fallen pretty far from those early lofty and glowing predictions...

Two of the cable news networks were no more accurate. Filling in on MSNBC's Hardball, Mike Barnicle avoided Kilpatrick's party in a brief item on news of his jailing while on CNN's The Situation Room anchor Wolf Blitzer did not note Kilpatrick's Democratic affiliation in several updates and plugs and, in a full story in the 5PM EDT hour, the MRC's Matthew Balan noticed, Mary Snow failed to verbally name Kilpatrick's party in her piece.The only hint came in this chyron at the bottom of the screen for barely three seconds: "MAYOR KWAME KILPATRICK (D) DETROIT."

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/08/07/kilpatrick-leads-democratic-group-yet-all-cbs-fnc-refuse-id-him-d

[Joe Steel]

Lame attempt at trying to change the subject

Another example of the liberal media bias when a Dem is caught



McCain cheated on his wife.

Gingrich cheated on his wives.

Does that indicate a lack of character?