[AmericanMade1776]

The news organization has been accused of showing liberal bias, especially in its media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, by sources such as the National Review and the Wall Street Journal's editorial division. Some allegations are based on Reuters own admissions of doctored photographs or unprofessional behavior. [4] Other accusations are prompted by the use of words such as "militants" or "guerrillas" instead of "terrorists" for groups that deliberately murder civilians in pursuit of political objectives. The September 20, 2004 edition of the The New York Times reported that Reuters Global Managing Editor, David A Schlesinger, objected to Canadian newspapers editing Reuters articles through inclusion of the word "terrorist," stating that "my goal is to protect our reporters and protect our editorial integrity." [5] Critics claim that Reuters' avoidance of these words is selective [6], reflecting a larger bias against the United States [7], Israel [8], Jews [9], or Western values in general [10].

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters

[AmericanMade1776]

Reuters Group plc (RTRSY)
Reuters Group PLC operates as an electronic publisher of news and financial data worldwide. The company’s Sales and Trading division focuses on salespeople and traders who deal in the fixed income, equities, commodities, and energy and related markets. It provides cross-asset class, cross-geography information, integrated analytics, and electronic trading capabilities; and electronic trading and order routing tools to enable customers to connect their systems to electronic markets. Reuters Group’s Research and Asset Management division supports portfolio managers, wealth managers, brokers, investment bankers, and research analysts who make financial decisions outside the sales and trading environment. It offers an integrated package of public and proprietary fundamental information about companies and economic data, as well as markets information, news, and other content; and information on various managed funds. The company’s Enterprise division provides solutions to the institution, including datafeeds, trading room systems, and risk management systems. It offers an enterprise with various applications, tools, and infrastructure components to manage financial content across the customer trading environment; datafeeds, which companies use to power systems, such as algorithmic trading and portfolio management, and reference data used for compliance and portfolio pricing purposes; and products to manage trading positions and credit extension, make trading decisions, and control risk. The company’s Media division offers newspapers and magazines, news and information Web sites, and TV channels with text and broadcast news, video, and photographic coverage; and business professionals and individual investors with news and financial data, enabling them to stay informed about world events and manage their financial portfolios. The company was founded in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter and is headquartered in London

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

I wonder if you are the one who posted an earlier link to wikipedia's discussion of media bias. Whoever it was, if they are involved in editing wikipedia, I have a suggestion on the list of Journalism_scandals on the site:

Contents

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• 1 High-profile journalism scandals
  • 1.1 Walter Duranty, The New York Times (1930s)
  • 1.2 Janet Cooke, Washington Post (1980-1981)
  • 1.3 "Waiting to Explode," Dateline NBC (1992)
  • 1.4 The Oregonian's coverage of the Packwood scandal (1992)
  • 1.5 Bob Wisehart, Sacramento Bee (Mid 1990s)
  • 1.6 Stephen Glass, The New Republic (1998)
  • 1.7 Patricia Smith, The Boston Globe (1998)
  • 1.8 Operation Tailwind, CNN NewsStand (1998)
  • 1.9 Mike Barnicle, The Boston Globe (1998)
  • 1.10 Michael Gallagher (1998)
  • 1.11 Jay Forman, Slate (2001)
  • 1.12 Bob Greene, Chicago Tribune (2002)
  • 1.13 Christopher Newton, Associated Press (2002)
  • 1.14 Houston Chronicle Light Rail Controversy (2002)
  • 1.15 Brian Walski, The Los Angeles Times (2003)
  • 1.16 James Forlong, Sky News (2003)
  • 1.17 CNN coverage of Iraq (2003)
  • 1.18 Jayson Blair, The New York Times (2003)
  • 1.19 "Gropegate", The Los Angeles Times (2003)
  • 1.20 Jack Kelley, USA Today (2004)
  • 1.21 Stephen Dunphy, Seattle Times (2004)
  • 1.22 The Oregonian's coverage of the Goldschmidt scandal (2004)
  • 1.23 The Boston Globe's Fake "GI Rape" Photographs(2004)
  • 1.24 The ABC News election memo (2004)
  • 1.25 Dan Rather, Mary Mapes and "Memogate" (2004)
  • 1.26 Eason Jordan, CNN (2005)
  • 1.27 Fake American hostage, Associated Press (2005)
  • 1.28 Eric Slater, Los Angeles Times (2005)
  • 1.29 Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press (2005)
  • 1.30 Barry Schweid, Associated Press (2005)
  • 1.31 Barbara Stewart, The Boston Globe (2005)
  • 1.32 Diana Griego Erwin, Sacramento Bee (2005)
  • 1.33 Chris Cecil, Cartersville Daily News (2005)
  • 1.34 The Daily Egyptian's fake orphan (2005)
  • 1.35 Bush administration journalism scandals (2005)
  • 1.36 Jim Van Vliet, Sacramento Bee (2005)
  • 1.37 Tim Ryan, Honolulu Star-Bulletin (2006)
  • 1.38 Hassan Fattah, New York Times Abu Ghraib photos (2006)
  • 1.39 Michael Hiltzik, The Los Angeles Times (2006)
  • 1.40 Paul Bradley, Richmond Times-Dispatch (2006)
  • 1.41 Philip Chien, Wired News (2006)
• 2 See also
• 3 External links

I notice the absence of any referece in this list to the inaccurate and premature call of Florida for Gore before the polls were closed in all of Florida during the 2000 election . . . followed the next morning by an orgy of condemnation of Fox News Channel for calling the Florida election right. With one clear exception, the delay between the closing of any state's polls and the call of that state for Bush was longer than the delay between the closing of another state's polls and the calling of that state for Gore, with Gore ultimately winning the state by a smaller margin. And the journalists themselves made a point of the fact that the calls of states for Bush were coming in slower than expected.

Why Broadcast Journalism is
Unnecessary and Illegitimate