Liberal Bias in the Media & The Edwards Affair...

But even the MSM admits they have a bias. The vast majority of journalists and editors admit to being liberal. They also admit that they don't understand why conservatives think the way they do. As far as McCain's cheating, they didn't mention it for decades, not until he ran as a Republican for president. It's funny you bring up Rush and Hannity because they DO talk about McCain and the "Keating 5". Actually, the press did bring up the affair and even floated rumors about a more recent affair... all after he became the Republican Nominee. The thing is, neither story "grew legs" so they dropped it. The media is liberal, but more than that they are just lazy and incompetent. They havne't gotten a major story right in the last 25 years. Probably longer than that, but 25 years is as far back as I have been involved in many of the major stories they lied about.

Thanks for your response Para. Just because one of the media outlets (not even a major one at that) says they are bias does not mean they all are. I do find it funny to hear conservatives say that the media is bias, yet during the run up to war in Iraq the main stream media supported the president, and held back many stories about the truth about what was really going on. The media worked with right wing republicans, as proof of these you can even see an episode of Oprah where she shut up a women who was questioning the war. I am sure you can find this on youtube, it was very disrepectful, but it was par for this time in our history. I do agree with you 100% that the media is lazy, and I hate to say it, but I feel that they have no desire to get the news, I believe they are more than happy to have the government feed it to them. The reason I brought up O'Reilly, Rush, and Hannity is because they all knew about this story. O'Reilly said that he didn't expose Edwards because he didn't think it was worth it to do so. He said that he knows that Hannity knew about it, but he didn't say why he didn't report it. I know that Rush and Hannity do talk about McCain, but why is it that Hannity hasn't started a 'stop McCain express" website? Now there is alot of media bias on FOX News, and FOX radio, I am sure that many will agree on that one. Now mind you, there are radio stations that are more bias than FOX (Patriot radio on Sirus comes to mind), but FOX says that they are fair and balanced, yet they don't have one show on their network that is hosted by a liberal (co-host doesn't count, and don't give me Gretta, she is to busy staking out someones house to report news). You might want to ask Rush, and Hannity why they didn't report this story, you might find it interesting to hear what they have to say.

Oh, and as far as the reporting on the war, you have to remember, leading up to the "Shock & Awe", both the left and the right were for the war (although the far left wasn't). While the press was "imbedded" with the troops, we heard all sort of news items (both good and bad). It wasn't until the mood of the left turned against the war that the press pulled the imbedded reporters and started the "no good news, all bad news" rants about the war.

Oh really? From my article, which candidate do you think I back?

Says the guy who thinks the BBC is objective?

That has a lot to do with it. I mean, if your are further to the left than the MSM then of course they wouldn't seem like they had a lefty bias.

"they tell us they are professionals and they report the truth"... which means they are not only incompetent, but they are lying scum./

Isn't it telling that the NYT sat on the story for 10 months? They covered it up to help his career. Nothing but incompetent fools with an agenda.