TV News Runs Hot for Kerry, Cold for Bush

MediaChannel.org ^

[Howlin]

NEW YORK, March 11, 2004 - Mainstream news organizations may "filter" the news, as President George W. Bush claimed late last year, but not to omit good stories from their Iraq coverage, but to broadcast more negative news about the president himself, according to a report released today by MediaChannel.org and Media Tenor.

The report reveals a strong negative cast to ABC, CBS and NBC news coverage of the president thus far in 2004. Meanwhile, Senator John Kerry, Bush's certain opponent for November, has received more positive coverage by the same three networks.

According to data compiled for MediaChannel.org by international media monitoring firm Media Tenor, network news broadcasts in January and February contained on average nearly three times more negative news statements about President Bush than about Senator John Kerry.

[Howlin]

FYI.

Nice charts on the link.

[moonman]

"The report reveals a strong negative cast to ABC, CBS and NBC news coverage of the president thus far in 2004."

Same as 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003. No news here. Let's move along.

[Carolinamom]

This info was just aired on FOX...Brit Hume show. We already knew it, of course, but here is proof.

[doug from upland]

This is surprising. :)

[Southack]

A 3 to 1 bias sounds about right statistically, but the funny part is that the leftists are *still* going to lose big in the November election!

[So Cal Rocket]

[Zuben Elgenubi]

It's way to early to get jittery about this. 40% of the population will vote democrap and 40% will vote GOP. It's the remaining 20% who have the keys to the Kingdom (KK20). There's eight months to go till the election and already I'm tired. Think of what the KK20 feel right about now.

They want:
Lower gas prices
lower taxes, higher government programs
accomodation
Safety. No Moslems slamming into buildings and no war to prevent such attacks.

This is a strange group, but they've got the 20% factor.

[Saundra Duffy]

Well, I keep remembering how the media LIED to all of us about Howard Dean - how he was the front runner and all that crap! Come to find out, Howard Dean was a nothing. It was all media hype. I think they're doing the same with John Kerry. It's a huge pile of liberal media bias. On the other hand, voters fell for it with Bill Clinton. We'll see.

[Tempest]

I've been noticing this a whole lot lately too. And what's really annoying is that the media cheerleading isn't even subtle nor are the late night talk show host. The brainwashing is on a high spin cycle.

[jwalsh07]

This is NOT a right wing website. If anything it is a lefty site. But evidently they are quite honest.

[Right_in_Virginia]

TV News Runs Hot for Kerry, Cold for Bush

Guess we have been right all along.

[jwalsh07]

Sorry dude.

[BigSkyFreeper]

SeeBS is out in front on both sides, more positive for Kerry and more negative on Bush.

[GotDangGenius]

Kerry is no more than Ted Kennedy's waterboy, and not even a good one at that

Did we forget that possible scenario... Mary Jo tells Teddy:

"Teddy Teddy, I think I'm pregnant."

Gin soaked Dounut gut says: "Well, Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it"

[jwalsh07]

Nice find Howlin.

[McGavin999]

At this rate we should either demand the media count their support as a donation to the DNC or demand they stop reporting on the campaign.

[jackbill]

Brit identified the source of this information as a generally left leaning organization. I suppose that, even if they are left, they have a conscience. If that's not an oxymoron.

[hosepipe]

[-TV News Runs Hot for Kerry, Cold for Bush ]

Gee.... So much for balanced news reporting...

OUCH!...(just fell off the turnip truck)(rubbing head)..

[Howlin]

That's where I heard about this article.

And Brit said that this is a LEFT LEANING organization!