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According to the most recent Rasmussen survey, "49 percent of voters believe most reporters will try to help the Democrat with their coverage ... Just 14 percent believe most reporters will try to help Mr. McCain ... a plurality of Democrats - 37 percent - say most reporters try to offer unbiased coverage of the campaign. Twenty-seven percent believe most reporters are trying to help Mr. Obama and 21 percent in Mr. Obama's party think reporters are trying to help the Republican candidate. Among Republicans, 78 percent believe reporters are trying to help Mr. Obama and 10 percent see most...

Embattled television news network CBS is again at the center of controversy after snubbing a White House request to allow a Republican to appear with one of President George W. Bush's greatest adversaries, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), on "Face the Nation" on Sunday. Kennedy was allowed to fire away at Bush on Social Security and Iraq without any rebuttal during his appearance on the Sunday morning talk show. Maintaining that Bush and the Republicans are making up a crisis with Social Security in order "to make a crisis on any political problem," Kennedy said there is not a funding issue...