> I've heard right-wingers make that charge, but how does it 
> hold up under scrutiny?  How about a scientific experiment?  
> Let's agree to watch the so- called "liberal" media and tally 
> "liberal" remarks.
> 
> My theory is that this "liberal" labelling is just a way for 
> right-wingers to attempt to debunk valid criticism from the press.
> 

Here are some local examples I have witnessed:

Last year the Democrats attempted various methods to pass a state income
tax in Tennessee, something the state supreme court has ruled 3 times as
unconstitutional, and naturally the liberals were for the tax and the
conservatives were against it.

The media repeatedly reported that the anti-tax protestor's were few and
unruly while the pro-tax protestor's were numerous and well behaved. One
day, just before a key vote, I went down to the capital and joined the
anti-tax group. I estimated there were 4-5 thousand protestors at the
anti-tax rally, many had brought their kids, while a small group of
about 50 pro-tax protestors were up on the steps of the capital, a place
anti-tax protestors were not allowed, along with some news crews.

I turn on the news that night to find out that there was really only a
couple hundred anti-tax protestors who were acting in an aggressive and
insulting manner. The funny thing was they showed a shot of the unruly
crowd standing on the steps of the capital, screaming and jostling the
reporters, as representing the anti-tax protestors.

I guess the peacfull rally of parents and kids I attended was some sort
of delusion.

Then there is our local paper:

As part of the normal budget problems all states are experiencing, from
their overspending during the boom, several senators attempted to
introduce a budget that not only maintained spending at the previous
years level, they also attempted to cut some areas to reduce spending.
The local paper ran article after article about the cruel and inhuman
monsters who wanted to destroy education and steal the food from the
mouth's of innocent children... etc.

Fast forward to after the election of a new Democrat governor.

The new governor introduces a similar budget with even deeper cuts that
those proposed by the senators previously. The local paper responded
immediately by running several articles praising the budget as daring
and necessary to protect the children.

The above are just a couple of examples that I recently witnessed. There
have been many incidents over the years that have demonstrated the bias
and outright manipulation of events practiced by the news media.

Of course, if they are saying what you want to hear you are unlikely to
object or view it as biased.

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