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June 28th 2008     

Media Bias 2008: #11

Posted by: Laer at 01:19 pm

Media Bias 2008 will cover pro-Obama media bias all the way up to the election. Items are listed from most recent to oldest; the numbering only reflects this and is not a ranking. Send Media Bias 2008 examples via “comments”‘ below, or to email2laer [@] yahoo [dot] com.

11. No Swift-Boating Obama

In a massive WaPo story on efforts to sleuth out the person who started the “Obama is Muslim” email campaign, we find this:

The idea of unsubstantiated charges whispered through gossip trails has been a tried-and-true political technique since well before Machiavelli’s time, Allen said. Traditionally, the best approach to combating them has been to “flush the charges out into the open.”

That was easier when the rumors flew off a printing press, or when they appeared — as with Swift boat attacks against Kerry — in television ads paid for by a well-funded group of partisans.

Yes, we’re back to one of the most egregious acts of media bias in campaign 2004 - MSM’s refusal to accept the Swift boat vets’ claims - now re-enlisted in support of Obama. Any claim against Obama, we’re told, is “just more Swift-boating” - as if that were entirely dismissive.

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With Obama winning the presidency by seven percent, we can't blame the media. Their laudatory coverage and refusal to extensively probe into Obama's background and [lack of] experience was at best responsible for five percent of his vote, the pundits tell us. Here is a compilation of over 100 significant instances of pro-Obama/anti-McCain bias during the 2008 campaign.

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