...In Republican circles, election-time complaints about the mainstream media are a time-honored tradition. Back in 1992, as Mr. Bush's father was going down to defeat, Republican leaders charged the press with pro-Clinton bias. Four years later, Republican nominee Bob Dole accused reporters of not devoting enough attention to President Clinton's ethics troubles. "Where's the outrage?" he asked. "Where's the media?" The Kerry campaign has raised other complaints. Kerry aides loudly protested after Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. ordered its television affiliates to run a program that, among other things, questioned whether Mr. Kerry's antiwar activities during the Vietnam War conflict harmed...