Matthews: Sometimes Case Can Be Made Media Incredibly Biased Against Republicans
This could be something of a first: a major MSM player admits there's a case to be made that the media is incredibly biased against Republicans.As I noted here, when Tom DeLay accused the media of bias on this morning's "Today," Matt Lauer stonewalled: "I'm not going to let it, you know, end with that assumption, congressman, because I clearly don't agree with it."
But appearing on this afternoon's Harball, DeLay successfully wangled an admission from host Chris Matthews.
TOM DELAY: If [Craig] has been found guilty of what he's been accused of, then yeah. But I do know that the Republicans will do something about it. I do know that if he were a Democrat they would rally around him and they would not do something about it. I do know that the national media is incredibly biased against Republicans that find themselves [in trouble] --View video here.
CHRIS MATTHEWS: That's a charge which I've heard before and I can understand why you make it. You make it a lot. Sometimes you have a case to make. Sometimes.
Good on the former Majority Leader for his fortitude, and yes, credit to Chris for acknowledging some of the reality of MSM bias.
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