{"id":24581,"date":"2014-12-17T12:13:06","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T17:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=24581"},"modified":"2014-12-17T12:13:06","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T17:13:06","slug":"bias-what-bias-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=24581","title":{"rendered":"Bias? What Bias?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brent Bozell<\/a> posted an article at Townhall.com today contrasting the reporting on Ted Cruz and Elizabeth Warren during the Senate budget debate. The contrast is amazing.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Sen. Ted Cruz<\/a> and Sen. Elizabeth Warren<\/a> are polar opposites, a Tea Party conservative and an Occupy Wall Street<\/a> socialist. Then there are the similarities: Both were elected in 2012, both have Harvard<\/a> on their resume and both are mentioned as presidential material. But the media’s read of the two demonstrates an unquestionable slant.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both senators have shaken up the Senate over heavy spending and regulation. When Warren does it, she’s promoted as a profile in courage, standing up for fairness. When Cruz does it, he’s a selfish brat causing meltdowns.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article reminds us to look for this type of reporting as the 2016 Presidential campaign begins.<\/p>\n

The article cites an example of bias in The Hill:<\/p>\n

William Jacobson<\/a> at the blog Legal Insurrection<\/a> found another example in The Hill newspaper<\/a>, reflecting the Capitol’s own tilt like a funhouse mirror. His examples were less than 24 hours apart. Warren drew the Dec. 12 headline “Warren makes her mark,” and on Dec. 13, the headline was “Cruz center of Senate meltdown.” The articles even had the same author, a hack named Alexander Bolton.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

All this provides a precise GPS location<\/a> for our liberal media. To them, Ted Cruz is a dangerous extremist, but Warren is their heroine — compassionate, professorial and politically and economically correct. Anyone who expects objectivity from the press is badly out of touch.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Look for this pattern throughout the 2016 campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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