Media Bias Exposed!

"World remembers 9/11 but many not crying"

Today's Important Issues Spin Out of Control

News media bias is a fact! The truth is non-partisan, but MEDIA BIAS manipulates your political reactions. John LeBoutillier once described how Hillary controls the media this way: "The so-called Mainstream Media (MSM) - comprising mostly East Coast elitist media institutions, i.e., CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, Newsweek and Time magazine - are staffed with pro-Hillary zealots and acolytes who practice what is now known as "advocacy journalism." In other words, they use their media outposts to preach a leftist political agenda...."

In writing, every word is an opportunity to create an impression; the literal meaning of a word is only one dimension of what it can communicate to a reader; there is also association: what it makes you think of, implication: what it connotes or implies, and many many other dimensions the detailing of which are beyond our present scope.

Our purpose is to reveal media bias as it works, one line at a time.

Our Featured Headline:

"World remembers 9/11 but many not crying"
Our current feature is from Associated Press, featured on Yahoo! News The story was filed on Monday Sep 11, 2006.	To view our famous side by side commentary, click the link below.
Access the original article here	Reveal the Bias! here

As to our commentary, please remember that exposing a particular bias, requires pointing to it's opposite perspective. Hence our comments may give an impression of being just as biased as the article being reviewed. Opposite but equal would be the expected impression you should get in reading our side by side. The archive is admittedly overbalanced with examples of liberal bias; they are so prolific! Send me examples and I'll be happy to give conservative bias the same treatment!

Why is recognizing bias so important?

Every day in the mainstream media, we are being handed "Rathers" (half-truths, dressed up as news). There is liberal media bias, but there can be bias in conservative media as well. To develop sound opinions, people must demand fair reporting by the media; concise writing using reason and logic, with no tricks to "spin" us! This means broadening your spectrum of news media sources. Experiment until you find a media combination that works for you. You need to know where to go for a second opinion; it's as important in media as it is for a medical condition!

Readers / Viewers	Writers
Media readers and viewers need to: 1) Read/view carefully ... skeptically. 2) Learn to recognize spin. 3) Take time to research questionable facts.	Know that writers & producers each have 1) different motives for writing 2) a unique editorial perspective 3) varying levels of skill.
Spin: deliberate shading of news perception; attempted control of political reaction -William Safire, New Political Dictionary

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Article Archive (newest first)

Evolution Debate

1	"Plaintiffs won't ask for immediate block of 'intelligent design' instruction" - The text of the article is reproduced with my comments here.
2	"ACLU to sue over Pa. evolution debate" - The text of the article is reproduced with my comments here.
3	"Many in Dover say 'intelligent design' mandate reflects values" - The text of the article is reproduced with my comments here.
4	"Evolution foes see opening to press fight in schools" - The text of the article is reproduced with my comments here.

Post-Election

1	"Clinton to Democrats: Discuss Convictions" - The text of the article is reproduced with my comments here.
2	"Bush's Second-Term Agenda May Widen Partisan Divide" - The text of the article is reproduced with my comments here.

Election 2004

1	"No casualties? White House disputes Robertson comment" - The text of the article is reproduced with my comments here.
2	"Kerry Talks Economy, Collects Major Endorsement" - The text of the article is reproduced with my comments here.
3	"Bush and Kerry Spar Over Health Care" - The text of the article is reproduced with my comments here.
4	"Kerry Opens Three-Point Lead on Bush -Poll" - The text of the article is reproduced with my comments here.
5	"Economy, Iraq War Frame Bush-Kerry Debate" - The text of the article is reproduced with my comments here.
6	"Bush, Kerry Get Personal on Domestic Issues" - The text of the article is reproduced with my comments here.
7	Kerry taps into Wisconsin issues - The text of the article is reproduced with my comments here.

Some thoughts to help you get the most out of newsmediabias.com:

I'm just one person, so take this in the spirit it's offered ... I don't have a team of researchers.
My focus is on the pitfalls (readers'/viewers' perspective) and power (purveyors' perspective) of language.
If just one person sees what we're doing here and begins reading with a more critical eye, my purpose will have been served.
I'm just working with what I come across ... however, I will consider requests!
Think positively, expect to get a straight story, fairly delivered; but learn to identify the writers who are the worst spinners.

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3	"Judge Says Calif. Can't Ban Gay Marriage" - The text of the article is reproduced with my comments here.