Media Bias, We report - you decide

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Don't worry Brother Maisky. I'll hold a place at the table fer ya. We're serving catfish and brunswick stew.

Mind if I join you? I love catfish. I'll bring the ice cream.

I'll bring the beer!

Just found this: Capitol Hill Blue Article

Researchers Tim Groseclose, of UCLA and Stanford, and Jeff Milyo of the University of Chicago did some work on media bias, and this article decribes their findings. One paragraph jumped out at me:

The authors say they expected to find that the mainstream media leaned to the left, but they were "astounded by the degree." So when people say, for example, that The New York Times may be tilted left, but people can compensate for that by watching Fox News, they don't take into account that the Times is much further from the center than Fox. "To gain a balanced perspective, one would need to spend twice as much time watching Special Report as he or she spends reading The New York Times."

Interesting.

Just a tidbit I noticed today:

This morning on NBC's "Perky Katie and Still-In-The-Closet Matt Show" (a.k.a. The Today Show) Katic Couric did a live interview with Ted Kennedy relating to the Democratic Convention in Boston and how the Kennedy family is from Boston.

In the background flashed images of elder Kennedys, certainly including JFK, although they didn't show any pictures of Ted's drowned mistresses. But the thing I noticed most is that during the ENTIRE interview Katie was constantly giving her trademake "cute/happy" smile. She was absolutely enjoying herself. She looked like a schoolgirl that had just gotten her first kiss.

I wonder if, during the Republican Convention, she will emote in the same way when interviewing someone like Cheney or Rumsfield?

The Mainstream media loves the Liberals.

According to the Drudge Report (so take it as you will):

USAToday has comissioned the conservative Ann Coulter to write a column from the Democratic Convention.

USAToday has comissioned the liberal Michael Moore to write a column from the Republican Convention.

This ought to be quite tasty.

BUT...

Coulter filed her first report from Boston Sunday night, only to be told hours later that editors found it "unusable" and "not funny." Let's see if Tuesday's column is printed. Let's see if any of Moore's columns are spiked.

If this happened to Moore would he be crying "First Amendment!"?

Fair and balanced?

Hilarity should ensue for both conventions, but Coulter like so many conservatives is not known for her sense of humor just mostly for being a lovely but very bitter female lawyer.

I feel that is the one of the main failures of Conservatives they just aren't light hearted or very joyful, I mean name one, McCain a Rino (Republican in Name Only) and Powell (known for a recent performance amongst ambassadors portraying the construction worker and singing the YMCA; or being asked several years ago who is your favorite band, he answered ABBA, hell I got more soul than that and I'm just a GoB.

Just not funny Neo-Cons
Rumsfeld
Ridge
Cheney
Ashcroft
Rice (she is so not funny they named an Exxon tanker after her.

It should have been Dennis Miller at the Democratic convention. I like him (mostly).

Coulter is way too edgy to be in USAToday. Talk radio, conservative publications - OK. I enjoy her writing, but then I liked ABBA too. If I am served more than 3 or 4 wee drams you MIGHT see me on the table singing "Take A Chance On Me".





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I don't believe much of what Matt Drudge says. Most of his "news reports" are actually thinly veiled anti-liberal rants. I'll give you the conservative news story chain. It starts with Drudge and "American Spectator". It is then reported by Fox "News" Channel, the New York Post, and the Washington Times. From there, it ends up being repeated by Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly and Ann Coulter on their syndicated radio shows, and in the case of O'Lielly and Coulter, their syndicated columns. Then, it finally ends up on the front page of the Wall Street Journal and the Chicago Tribune.

My, oh my.

The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy is a powerful, demonic beast, ain't it.

Last night on CBS, Dan Rather once again proved why he was a shill for the left. Right after John Edwards got done speaking and Rather and Bob Schieffer were conversing on the air, Rather delivered this line: "We know that after considerable consideration, the Bush/Cheney campaign decided to send Vice President Cheney out this week as a kind of hitman for their side."

Hitman?

That's right - he called the Vice President of the United States a hitman.

Of course, this is just Rather being his usual Bush-hating self. But think for a moment and ask yourself: what if a Republican had called a sitting Democratic Vice President a hitman? It would be all over the headlines, with people demanding that person's apology or resignation. But not when it comes to demonizing Cheney - that's allowed.

Dan Rather has always been a big liberal. He just doesn't hide it anymore. He can't hide it anymore.

What's the problem with calling a spade a spade? Cheney is NOT a hitman. He has other people who take care of that stuff.

This is from MoveOn.org. You can almost hear giant sucking sounds...

Funny y'all should use the word "hitman".

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Officials: Democrats? Biggest Money Man Has Mob Connections

By Brian Ross
ABCNEWS.com

BOSTON, July 28, 2004 ? As Sens. John Kerry and John Edwards arrived in Boston today for the Democratic National Convention, so did the California man who is their single biggest contributor.

He is Stephen Bing, a wealthy film producer who, with little fanfare, has managed to steer a total of more than $16 million of his money to Democratic candidates and the supposedly independent groups that support them.

Bing is perhaps best known for sparking a tabloid frenzy when he publicly expressed doubt that he was the father of actress Elizabeth Hurley's baby. (A paternity test proved he was indeed the father.) He repeatedly has refused to say why he is funneling millions of dollars to the Democrats.

In fact, Democratic Party officials said they knew nothing about the man who law enforcement officials tell ABC News is Bing's friend and business partner ? Dominic Montemarano, a New York Mafia figure currently in federal prison on racketeering charges.

Montemarano has a long criminal record and is known to organized crime investigators by his street name, Donnie Shacks.

"Donnie Shacks' main activity was murder. No question about it. That was his main function for the Colombo family and for organized crime in general. He was one of the top hit men in the New York area," said Joe Coffey, a former NYPD investigator.

According to The Los Angeles Times, Bing paid Montemarano's legal fees after his most recent scrape with the law. Montemerano's lawyer said his client was an employee of Bing's.

After a recent private lunch with Democratic vice-presidential candidate Edwards, Bing also declined to answer questions about his relationship with Montemarano.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/Politics/Vo...g_040728-1.html

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Montemarano -> Stephen Bing -> John Kerry and John Edwards

I think I saw this episode on "Law & Order".

Vote for Kerry, or I'll dump your lifeless body in the Hudson River.