Posted on 09/07/2016 7:20:33 AM PDT by Maceman
Theres an argument going around that the media has it out for Hillary Clinton. Over at The New York Times, Paul Krugman doesnt like the coverage of her foundation, and frets that shes being portrayed as an out-of-touch stiff a la Al Gore. Journalism professor Jeff Jarvis, meanwhile, recently wrote a long post on Medium despairing over the medias habit of always looking for a Clinton scandal.
Both Krugman and Jarvis have some fair points to make. Some reporting on Clintons emails and her familys foundation have been a bit too breathless all journalists are concerned with traffic to their stories, which lends itself to an unfortunate tendency to oversell shoddy goods.
It happens. Not all coverage is good or fair. But this idea that Bill, Hillary and their defenders have proffered for decades that there exists a pronounced anti-Clinton bias in the press is off base.
Does your average political reporter harbor much affection for Hillary Clinton? Probably not, which is to their credit, because in terms of policies the Clintons are likely right where most journalists are politically. Its no secret that journalists tend to lean center-left, and it would be quite hard, if not impossible, to find a mainstream reporter whos voting for Donald Trump.
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I can’t help but notice each and everyday which is why I come here! It’s why the media has a 6% approval rate and is reviled by most.
Krugman translated: Telling the truth about Hillary is biased; telling lies about Trump is not.
No...no media bias whatsoever.
ABC News executive producer Ian Cameron is married to Susan Rice, Obamas National Security Advisor.
CBS President David Rhodes is the brother of Ben Rhodes, Obamas Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications.
NBC News Political Analyst, David Axelrod was Obama’s Chief Campaign Advisor and Senior Advisor directly to Obama himself.
NBC CEO Stephen Burke is a Board Member of Warren Buffets Company Berkshire Hathaway. Buffet donated almost a BILLION dollars to Obamas campaign.
ABC News correspondent Claire Shipman is married to former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, who now works for CNN as a commentator.
ABC News and Univision reporter Matthew Jaffe is married to Katie Hogan, Obamas Deputy Press Secretary.
ABC News chief political correspondent and anchor George Stephanopoulos was the White House Communications Director then Senior Advisor for Policy and Strategy for Bill Clinton, and was just caught secretly donating $75,000 to the Clinton foundation.
ABC President Ben Sherwood is the brother of Obamas Special Adviser Elizabeth Sherwood.
CNN President Virginia Moseley is married to former Hillary Clintons Deputy Secretary Tom Nides.
NBC Chelsea Clinton was making $600,000.00 a year + benefits as a starting reporter.
Univisions Emmy Award Winning Anchor Jorge Ramoss daughter is working on Hillary Clintons Presidential campaign.
$$$ Yahoo is partnered with ABC News. The CEO of yahoo, Marissa Mayer is also an Obama campaign donor.
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“Covering Mr. Trump as an abnormal and potentially dangerous candidate is more than just a shock to the journalistic system. It threatens to throw the advantage to his news conference-averse opponent, Hillary Clinton,”
“Now that he is the Republican nominee for president, the imbalance is cutting against him. Journalists and commentators are analyzing his policy pronouncements and temperament with an eye toward what it would all look like in the Oval Office something so many of them viewed as an impossibility for so long.”
No not biased at all. /sarc off
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