John McCain has a history of referring to the reporters that cover him on the campaign trail as his “base.” But that doesn’t follow with the general sentiment of the rest of the Republican party, which loves to make up a fictional “left-wing media bias” to fire up it’s base. Never mind that in coverage for the general election this year, over 72% of the reports of Barack Obama have been of negative nature, compared to only 54% for McCain. In fact, I’m sure that my reporting of those statistics alone counts as liberal bias.
In an article in Broadcasting and Cable, heads of some of the country’s biggest news organizations fired back at Republican’s frequent attacks against the so-called “biased media coverage” that they made during the convention this past week.
“It’s a time-honored marketing ploy and, every time they bash the media, it means they’re not talking about a vision or a plan. But the best antidote to cynical marketing is solid reporting.”
In other words, the media is fresh out of answers.
