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Economists for Dean
By Lerxst
I recently posted about a report by the Center for Media and Public affairs that showed clear evidence of blatant bias against Dean in media coverage.
The New York Times in an article about Dean's media coverage, somehow manages to ignore this inconvenient fact but still selectively use the watchdog group's report to suggest only that Dean got more coverage...not more negative coverage.:
Underscoring complaints that the coverage has been lopsided, the three evening newscasts had a total of 64 reports about Dr. Dean's campaign last year, according to the Center for Media and Public affairs, a research group in Washington. The second-most-covered candidate was Mr. Kerry, with 31 reports. Mr. Gephardt had 19; Mr. Edwards, 17; General Clark, 16; Mr. Lieberman, 12.
It is clear that the media has been busted...and thats what prompted this article. But rather than simply come clean...we have to hear their nauseating rationalizations and hand wringing. To top it all off they end with a quote from Chris Lehane...blaming the victim.