For a quick roundup of the media’s recent displays of bias, check out the Media Research Center (MRC).
In a section called Cyber Alert, MRC highlights some examples of left-leaning press. For example, Andy Rooney recently bashed Mel Gibson and his movie (scroll down to #3):
Four days after he used his 60 Minutes platform to denigrate Mel Gibson as a “wacko” and a “nut case,” Andy Rooney showed up Thursday on MSNBC’s Imus in the Morning and further insulted Christian believers as he belittled Gibson’s movie, The Passion of the Christ, and religious believers in general. Asked if he’d seen the movie which portrays the crucifixion of Jesus, Rooney derogatorily quipped: “I don’t want to pay nine dollars just for a few laughs.”
Bashing Gibson on Imus is one thing, but Rooney did the same on 60 Minutes, which purports to be a “news” show.
In another example, Diane Sawyer, a “news” anchor on Good Morning America, let Rosie O’Donnell rant about President Bush:
O’Donnell then charged that President Bush’s comments in support of a constitutional amendment to define marriage as between a man and a woman, were “the most vile and hateful words ever spoken by a sitting President, in my opinion. I am stunned and I’m horrified.” Told by Sawyer that the First Lady noted how “same-sex marriage is a very, very shocking issue for some people,” O’Donnell called the amendment “shocking and immoral.”At no time did Sawyer point out how the leading Democratic presidential candidates say that they oppose same-sex marriage, nor did O’Donnell have an unkind word for them.
MRC links to a site called Times Watch, “dedicated to documenting and exposing the liberal political agenda of the New York Times.”
If you can handle the media’s hypocrisy and blatant disregard for objectivity, both sites are great resources.
