Steve at Sibby Online points to a Newsbusters highlight of a "mainstream" media person slipping up and being transparent about being in the tank for the Democrats.
From CNN's John Roberts :
You know, this almost looks like what happened in 2004 where the Bush campaign was very, very good at defining John Kerry in their own terms, and he was on the defensive, and he was always trying to fight back against them. Do we risk, or does the Democratic Party here risk Barack Obama becoming John Kerry II?
We? He caught himself, but the cat was already out of the bag.
I have no problem with journalists having a political preference; it's something every human being is entitled to, and I don't think someone could stop having a political preference even if they wanted to.
What I DO expect, however, is journalists do one of two things: (1) lay those biases aside enough to provide fair, objective reporting (which most claim but most don't do), (2) just be honest up front and tell us you're pulling for Candidate/Issue X.
Seems simple enough, right?
But then, it's easier to manipulate public opinion to your way of thinking when you put on an air of "objectivity" as you shovel biased propaganda onto the public, isn't it?
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