Liberal Media Bias: The Subtle (and Not So Subtle) Evidence

This last week, I believe, will be regarded as one of the most significant historically, with respect to the GoP's evolution, the birth of a new feminism (that's another story), and the exposure of the long-standing elitist liberal bias that has perverted main-stream media and news journalism.

It was simply amazing to watch—in the course of the abbreviated three-day Republican convention—the story-line of the news media change so abruptly as it attempted to define/diminish the significance of the surprising and fresh selection of Sarah Palin as McCain's Vice Presidential running-mate.

At the outset, liberal media-bias was evident when "news" organizations, both print and television, led with story lines suggesting that the Sarah Palin was grossly inexperienced and within a heartbeat (a word ubiqitously used throughout the news media) of the Presidency (even though she possesses more executive experience than both Obama/Biden combined), to the reporting of McCain's 'desperate' Hail Mary selection of Palin, to the pronouncement that Palin could never stand-up to the likes of Biden in the upcoming VP debates, to the heretofore unthinkable and shameless attacks on Palin's family members (most evidenced in the hit-piece appearing in US), to the echoing of leftist-kook blogs such as the DailyKos, to the sexist position (put forth by senior Obama campaign members and their surrogates in the media) that Palin can't be an effective leader and mother because she has responsibilities to raising her children that would be 'compromised' if elected VP, to the reporting that her speech was 'mean-spirited' and sarcastic (as reported by two of the most shamelessly arrogant and sarcastic 'news' personalities: Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow), to the reporting that GOP belittles community organizers/organizing (when in fact, it was merely stating that such activity in itself doesn't count as qualification to lead this great country), to most recently, that she is a mean-spirited, stubborn, and pit-bull-like bully. Whoa! All of this in one week's time.

Perhaps it is due, in part, to the Internet and the speed at which information (factual or not) propagates in today's highly connected society, but I can't recall another time in which the media struggled so hard to define, in their terms, someone and not since the Reagan revolution of the 80's have I found an individual [in Palin] who so clearly struck a cord with the everyday citizen, bypassing the cynical judgments and the gatekeeping of our entrenched (but fading) liberal news media establishment.

The McCain/Palin pairing is quickly proving to be greater than the sum of its individual parts.

Not only has the Republican Party managed (against all [reported] expectations) to have reunited and re-energize, they have somehow managed to successfully rebrand themselves to reach an evolving electorate.

Yes, it is clear that the main-stream media has a strong liberal bias (which they regard as being
the center), but in today's Internet connected society, it is very clear to see.


Bernie doesn't have to write a follow-up book to his brilliant first: Media Bias to showcase this fact, the MSM is doing it for us.

Memories may fade from broadcast events, but Google doesn't forget, nor shall I.