Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney formally announced today that he would seek the Republican nomination for President, but one would hardly know this from watching CBS’s "Early Show." Romney’s candidacy received exactly ten seconds worth of coverage, following stories on a Utah mall shooting, winter storms, and the ongoing soap opera of Anna Nicole Smith’s demise. However, on Saturday, when Illinois Senator Barack Obama announced his candidacy as a Democrat, CBS’s "Saturday Early Show" devoted 9 minutes and 9 seconds, (549 seconds) to this story, a greater than 54:1 bias.
On the "Saturday Early Show," CBS aired at least one story on Barack Obama in each of the first three half hours. Yet, the ten seconds they allotted to Governor Romney on Tuesday’s program, was buried in the 7:30 half hour at 7:37. Unlike CBS, both ABC and NBC on Tuesday devoted a full story to Governor Romney’s announcement, and NBC added an additional anchor brief, roughly comparable to the coverage they gave Obama on Saturday.
Given that polls indicate that both Senator Obama and Governor Romney are top tier candidates for their respective party nominations, it is correct to provide both with similar amounts of coverage. Yet, while NBC and ABC attempted to provide this balance, at least when it came to covering the official campaign announcements, CBS provided Barack Obama with almost 55 times as much coverage as Mitt Romney. It would seem Obama is not only a media hero, but a CBS favorite as well.
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CBS: At the top of the news t
February 13, 2007 - 16:42 ET by Mica the MagnificentCBS: At the top of the news this evening - - Barack Obama told voters today he likes ice cream. He also said he wears boxers. Mr. Obama also announced today that his favorite color is blue.
Also in the news, the troop surge worked, Iraq is at peace.
And now sports . . .
It's only a matter of Time, b
February 13, 2007 - 17:21 ET by JayTeeIt's only a matter of Time, before the Liberal Media Agenda starts taking sides, and one fo the Talking heads starts pursuing their private election campaingn using their "Show". Asking them to unite on ONE candidate may be an impossible mission.
So expect a lot of one-side events like this one, where they push the candidate via "their" show.
Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hanged.”
President Abraham Lincoln
Come on now...do we or did we
February 13, 2007 - 17:26 ET by bigtimerCome on now...do we or did we really expect anything different coming for m the leftist press...in any form?
A conservative will be mentioned very little, so they can at least say that he/she was given time, then if the candidate is lucky it isn't to the derogatory side quite yet....
Endless, obvious bias.
Not gonna change anytime soon.
and of course Roomy is a righ
February 13, 2007 - 17:31 ET by florida_chadand of course Roomy is a right wing conservative and Obama is mainstream.
fc...Of course!Right again!Ju
February 13, 2007 - 17:40 ET by bigtimerfc...
Of course!
Right again!
Just love the chattering leftists...the all knowing....
On and on it goes.
bt,On the radio hourly networ
February 13, 2007 - 17:53 ET by Chris Normanbt,
On the radio hourly network (ABC) newsbreak, the anchor said that Romney's switch on abortion was "controversial". This was within five words after the line that he had announced as president. Now, that's quick.
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
Hi Chris...Man they have been
February 13, 2007 - 18:07 ET by bigtimerHi Chris...
Man they have been after him big-time...not just today.
This mormon thing is getting old for me, especially when their own polls show 77% of the people do not care about his religion, so they will go on abortion, when half of the Congress has changed their opinions when it is convenient politically, it really gets tiresome.
Now when we have a statement from Obama saying our soldiers lives were wasted that died fighting this war...all I hear is ...'oh he apologized right away'...'we all know what he meant'...blah blah blah...can you imagine if this were reversed?
We would never hear the end of it!
Yep, they are after him hot and heavy. Must be worried eh?
LOL!
bt,I marvel how, after exampl
February 13, 2007 - 18:22 ET by Chris Normanbt,
I marvel how, after examples like this, the MSM can still say with an absolutely straight face, "What bias?". By the way, I am now situated in the Great State of New Mexico, with our favorite son candidate, Boss Bill Richardson. Wow, is he ever making a splash, nationally... :)
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
Chris... Glad you got situate
February 13, 2007 - 19:17 ET by bigtimerChris... Glad you got situated finally! Now I hope the best is yet to come for you! Even though NM is becoming another green state...er blue...lol! That Richardson...a real ball of fire allright, I have to wonder if he isn't just positioning himself for VP.
VP - I think you nailed it. H
February 13, 2007 - 19:31 ET by Chris Normanbt,
Thanks. I've almost got my little casita fixed up. Now, I just have to figure out how to hang pictures on adobe walls - they're harder than granite.
VP - I think you nailed it. He has that aura about him. :) Not surprising about NM going blue, government, both fed and state, looms large in economic life here.
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
Chris...Well, Montana isn't f
February 13, 2007 - 19:47 ET by bigtimerChris...
Well, Montana isn't far behind in the greenies taking over...it is more than aggravating...but what can one do except keep fighting the good fight. I just wrote a letter to my local fish-wrap.
By the way...haven't ya seen those commercials (I think it is that Billy Maze or whatever his name is, always yellin' excitedly) with that exclusive not sold in stores wall hangers that you just insert, push in, twist and zap! They look like bobby-pins....but wait, if you order now, they will send you another set...free! I laugh so hard at those commercials!
Get a mall and wedge that'll so the trick! (Just kidding ya know) I have lived in adobe homes too....long ago and far-away...in fact as a kid helped make adobe blocks.
Super glue! A big dab'll do ya!
This is why the MSM love Mc
February 13, 2007 - 17:42 ET by motherbeltThis is why the MSM love Mc-Cain/Feingold. In the home stretch, when everyone else is restricted, the press will have free rein to campaign for their favorites, using not just news stories, but "analysis" and "background stories" which will virtually be equal to in-kind contributions. And the opposition will not be able to fight back.
...and we'd like to think tha
February 13, 2007 - 18:03 ET by Chris Norman...and we'd like to think that mostly everyone is on to the MSM as functioning fully as the campaign spokesgroup for the Democrat(ic) Party, but unfortunately...
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb