Who had more moola? Peace, Doc
On Nov 12, 5:34 pm, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An admission of election reporting bias by the Washington Post drew a > "no comment" from the White House today. > > The response came from White House spokeswoman Dana Perino to a > question from Les Kinsolving, WND's correspondent at the White House. > > The Post's admission came in a column by Ombudsman Deborah Howell, who > wrote that the newspaper's op-ed pages favored Democrat Sen. Barack > Obama by endorsement and in print. But Obama "deserved tougher > scrutiny than he got," Howell said, "especially of his undergraduate > years, his start in Chicago and his relationship with Antoin 'Tony" > Rezko, who was convicted this year of influence-peddling." > > Howell also wrote that the Post "did nothing" on Obama's admitted drug > use as a teenager, nor did the newspaper give vice presidential-elect > Sen. Joe Biden the scrutiny he deserved, instead going over GOP vice > presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin "with a fine-tooth > comb." > > One-sidedness like that was a "gaping hole" in the newspaper's > coverage, Howell wrote. > > Howell noted the newspaper "ran for more laudatory opinion pieces on > Obama, 32, than on Sen. John McCain, 13. There were far more negative > pieces about McCain, 58, than there were about Obama, 32." > > She added, "One gaping hole in coverage involved Joe Biden, Obama's > running mate. When Gov. Sarah Palin was nominated for vice president, > reporters were booking the next flight to Alaska. Some readers thought > The Post went over Palin with a fine-tooth comb and neglected Biden. > They are right; it was a serious omission." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
