Aug

If They Hired a Republican, He’d Die of Loneliness

If you want to see the very definition of media bias, look no further than this post by Newsbuster’s Matthew Sheffield:

Below is a list of Democratic CNN anchors and correspondents who are covering the Democratic National Convention (there are no registered Republicans):
* Anderson Cooper is a registered Democrat.
* Jeanie Moos is a registered Democrat.
* Gloria Borger is a registered Democrat.
* Jeanne Meserve is a registered Democrat.
* Suzanne Malveaux is a registered Democrat.
* Soledad O’Brien is a registered Democrat.
So when Anderson Cooper turns to Gloria Borger (who is sitting next to former Democratic operative Donna Brazile) for perspective on how things are going at the Democratic Convention, bear in mind that viewers are watching two people who are likely to vote for the Democratic candidate for president.

There is no way in the world that you are going to hear anything but a left-slanted point of view from that crew. The real problem is that none of that group even try to be objective with their news reporting. Say what you will about Fox News, but when Britt Hume or Chris Wallace sits behind the desk, you know you are going to get a pretty even-handed report. Any biases they have, they’re going to lay out for you where you can see it plainly so that you can take it into account when you listen to them.

You can’t completely get rid of bias. All of us, reporters as well, are human beings with our own thoughts and beliefs that color everything we do and say. Even when we’re trying to be completely objective we fail because we have holes in our knowledge that exist because of our own preferences. Sometimes those holes are very large and sometimes not. But they do exist.

Good journalists are open and honest with their audiences. There are very few good journalists working at the news networks these days.