The country's liberal media is being accused of ignoring Donald Trump's alleged business scandals and past support for liberal policy positions and giving far more time to his events than those of his rivals.
When CNN moderator Wolf Blitzer appeared to help Trump in CNN's GOP debate by interrupting to move to other questions when it got rough for the Republican frontrunner more than a couple times on Thursday night, it was seen as an attempt to bail out Trump. ..... < snip >
During the post-debate session, Trump was interviewed twice. And on Saturday, CNN covered Trump events most of the afternoon, while giving hardly a few seconds to Marco Rubio.
It's not just CNN, MSNBC also had a town hall with just one GOP candidate, Trump.
"As of Friday, Trump's seven-month-old candidacy has been the focus of an incredible 684 minutes of coverage on ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts, far more than any of his GOP rivals — more than four times as much as the next-most-covered candidate, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush (151 minutes), and more than five times as much as Texas Senator Ted Cruz (122 minutes), currently Trump's leading rival in the polls," pointed out Media Research Center's NewsBusters on Jan. 28.
"But amid that sea of Trump news, the networks have spent only about nine minutes (1.3% of Trump's overall coverage) discussing the candidate's clearly documented past support for liberal policy positions (i.e., pro-abortion, single-payer health care) and his praise of leading Democrats, including Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton." ..... < snip >
..... The New York Times, which ran an article about Rubio's speeding tickets, didn't write about Trump's alleged business scandals until it was brought up at the debate Thursday night. ..... < snip >
..... On CBS News "This Morning," Rubio said: "If any other candidate in this race had his record, there would be nonstop reporting on it. But, unfortunately, he is being pumped up because many the in the media with a bias know he'll be easy to beat in the general election." ..... < snip >
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Other recent articles that that may be of interest but didn't see posted here (feel free to post them in a separate thread):
Trump as CEO and commander in chief? - CNBC, by Robert Frank, 2016 February 25 (potential conflicts of interests and 'Trump brand')
Vast Majority Of Hispanic Voters Have Unfavorable View Of Trump - RTT News, 2016 February 25 (results of WaPo and Univision poll)
Some Trump Charities Waiting on Funds - FBN, by Charlie Gasparino, 2016 February 26 (update on Trump's charity event for veterans, that "coincided" with January 28 Fox News debate)
Trump vs. Clinton: The election no one wants - CNBC, by Bruce Abramson and Jeff Ballabon, 2016 February 26 (some very astute observations on the power, or lack of it, of the political parties)
Checkered Past of Now-Defunct Trump University Comes Back to Haunt Candidate - CNBC / NYT, by Stephanie Saul, 2016 February 27 (many details that have not been covered in other coverage of TrumpU saga)
Trump Says Judge in University Case Biased Because He's Hispanic - BL, by Michael Hytha and Ben Brody, 2016 February 27 (more details about intimidation of plaintiff witnesses and attorneys by Trump)
Trump's Debate Was a Disaster. If Voters Notice. - BLV, by Jonathan Bernstein, 2016 February 26 (Jonathan Berstein is a San Antonio-based liberal columnist who has written for BLV, WaPo, Salon, and New Republic)
The Most Baffling Republican Super Tuesday Ever - BLV, by Jonathan Bernstein, 2016 March 02 (Jonathan Berstein is a San Antonio-based liberal columnist who has written for BLV, WaPo, Salon, and New Republic)
The Die-Hard Republicans Who Say #NeverTrump - BLV, by Megan McArdle, 2016 February 29 (Megan McArdle is a New York-based conservative columnist who writes on economics, business and public policy. She is the author of "The Up Side of Down")
I voted for Trump to destroy the GOP - CNBC, by Bruce Bartlett, 2016 March 04 (somewhat different take on the GOP and the reasons from what you might expect just looking at the title) (Bruce Bartlett, who served as domestic policy adviser to Ronald Reagan and a Treasury Department official under George H.W.Bush. He also worked on Capitol Hill for the late Rep. Jack Kemp.)
Interesting read, if only that we get other, fuller information (which may play a big role in general elections and affect down-ticket candidates) and points of view and are not just stewing in the juices of Drudge and internet insta-polls and "red states" political bloggers and selective anecdotal stories of relatives, friends, neighbours and coworkers. Now, we can reflect on it, ignore it, dismiss the author[s], facts or opinions presented, or attack the messenger[s]... but at least we would less likely be the "low information voters" like some of our opponents...
Try this thought experiment: If FoxNews was really out for Trump, why didn’t they sic experienced and objective investigative reporters like Jennifer Griffen and Katherine Herridge to dig up dirt on him? Instead, they give him GOBS of air time to say whatever he wants unchallenged.