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Media biasWhy can't the mainstream media be honest
about their reporting?
Tim Graham does a great piece about the media
slant.
Rich Noyes of the Media Research Center laid out the general negative pattern of Iraq coverage in studying the first nine months of evening news coverage in 2005. He found 61 percent of the stories were dominated by a negative focus or pessimistic analysis, compared to only 14 percent that featured achievements or optimistic assessments. Two out of every five stories featured car bombings, assassinations, or other terrorist attacks. Just eight stories recounted episodes of heroism by U.S. troops, and another nine featured soldiers helping the Iraqi people. But 79 stories focused on allegations of combat mistakes or egregious misconduct by U.S. military personnel. These are facts the media self-defense teams ignore. I don't think anyone is saying that it is all good news. But there is little doubt that many in the media are doing everything they can to make it seem a disaster. The war is not over yet, but the gains far outweigh the losses. The next question is does this obvious bias have anything to do with their declining market? 
Posted: Fri - March 24, 2006 at 05:27 AM
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