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"Banana peel" (Even kids see bias in Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Cheney-Edwards coverage)
Fort Worth Star Telegram ^ | July 18, 04 | David House

Posted on 07/21/2004 1:56:47 PM PDT by churchillbuff

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

... It all began at the top of Monday's Page One, where we promoted Life & Arts' light-hearted comparison of Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards, the presumptive Democratic candidate for vice president.

Some readers found outrageous bias in the promo strip's pictures of the candidates. There was Edwards on the left end of the promo, flashing a cherubic smile, while Cheney glared sourly from the right end -- clearly, some readers concluded, a deliberate twist in using facial expressions to manipulate sympathies. ...[snip]Readers felt, and rightfully so, that the illustration demonized Cheney as a big-oil czar but presented Edwards as an innocent pretty boy, ignoring his law career and connections with powerful trial lawyers. ...[snip]Amidst the reaction, one message carried a disturbing edge because it involved youngsters who had been disappointed by the "veep" package. The message came from a teacher who called from a local high school where she was teaching summer school. [snip] "I held it up for the students to see and asked them if they saw anything wrong. Right away, they said the pictures didn't seem fair, because it looked like 'Mr. Evil' and 'Mr. Good,' and they said it looked like propaganda." ...

(Excerpt) Read more at dfw.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: mediabias

1 posted on 07/21/2004 1:56:53 PM PDT by churchillbuff
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To: churchillbuff

Well some people can see through the propaganda they are exposed to by the NAZI left-wing media.


2 posted on 07/21/2004 2:02:02 PM PDT by Always Right
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To: Always Right

Sounds like my local paper. We didn't have anything stated about Berger...whatsoever!


3 posted on 07/21/2004 2:08:08 PM PDT by Amerimom2
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To: churchillbuff

Same article different title--thought you might like to read some of the comments:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174336/posts


4 posted on 07/21/2004 2:11:04 PM PDT by sandlady
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