Typical Media Bias towards the Left--US Magazine Blast Palin--Adores Obama!!

[Fox Mulder]

Look at the difference in these two cover stories by the same magazine:

Not surprising that the publisher of the magazine is a lefty!!! This is typical though of the uphill battle Republicans have to fight against in the media--the best friend of the liberal (and the media) is the ignorance and stupidity of the average voter. Since most people tend to be influenced by what they see and read in the media, these types of articles, unfair as they may be, give a distinct advantage to the communist movement in America--spear headed by journalists who couldn't pass an economics or tax class if their life depended on it yet we let these idiots influence voters on these issues!

Us Weekly Cover Blasts Sarah Palin, but for the Obamas It’s a Cakewalk - America’s Election HQ

BY Jana Winter

The popular celebrity gossip magazine Us Weekly has jumped into the political ring, feet first, with a scathing article about Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

On its most recent cover, due out on newsstands Friday, the magazine shows a picture of Palin with the headline, “Babies, Lies & Scandal” — a marked contrast from its gushing review of Barack and Michelle Obama that ran two months ago.

Critics say this cover, which was released a day ahead of Palin’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, is a sucker punch aimed at the GOP ticket, and is ablatant attempt to influence the votes of the magazine’s 12 million mostly female readers.

Us Weekly publisher Jann Wenner is an outspoken supporter of Barack Obama and the Democratic Party.

“When you look at this Palin cover and contrast it with the super-friendly story on Obama, it’s hard not to see that they’re clearly biased,” said Jane Hall, associate professor at the American University School of Communication. “It’s not fair and it’s also offensive. I think that they are going to be offensive to many people regardless of whether you’re for Sarah Palin or not.”

Us Weekly’s June 19 cover featured a photo of the Obamas with the headline, “Michelle Obama: Why Barack Loves Her.” In smaller print: “She shops at Target, Loved Sex and the City, and never misses the girls’ recitals. The untold romance between the down-to-earth mom and the man who calls her ‘my rock.’”

In contrast, this week’s Palin cover shows the Alaskan governor cradling her baby Trig in her arms. The captions: “Under attack, admits her daughter, 17, is pregnant. Investigated for firing of sister’s ex-husband. Mom of five: New embarrassing surprises.”

An article inside the magazine focuses on a January 15 incident in which Palin laughed along with an Alaskan shock-jock DJ who called her political rival, a cancer survivor name Lyda Green, a “cancer” and a “bitch” and ridiculed her weight.

Wenner, the magazine’s publisher, has given $130,308 to Democratic causes and candidates since 1993 — and only $3,500 to Republicans, according to records. Wenner also runs Men’s Health Magazine and Rolling Stone Magazine. In March, Rolling Stone featured a glowing endorsement of Obama, “Barack Obama: A New Hope,” on its cover.

Hall said she found the Wenner-owned magazine’s coverage transparent and troubling. “I mean look at the Obama cover and look at this new one,” she said. “New embarrassing surprises? Really? You couldn’t have a stronger contrast, at least between these two covers,” Hall said.

Rumors about Palin’s personal life and publich record have been swirling since John McCain named her to be his running mate last week.

On Monday, Palin released a statement confirming that her 17-year old daughter, Bristol, is five months pregnant, prompting the media spotlight. Despite calls from both Democrats and Republicans to leave Palin’s family out of the media, many political watchers say that it is contradictory for a public official who has a staunch stance against sex education and promotes abstinence-only programs to have a teenage daughter who is pregnant.

While Hall said McCain’s camp should have done more to vet Palin, she said this level of media depiction is unfair.

“Publications like this one are taking it too far. Calling it ‘Babies, Lies and Scandal’ looks out of bounds,” she said.

Liberals don't believe in "Freedom of the Press" they believe in Freedom of their own press--hypocrites!!!

 

[gLing]

Hence the intense hatred of FOX news. lol

 

[Fox Mulder]

And don't tell me there isn't plenty of this kind of shit to report on Obama--the man's got a extremely sordid past. But the media ignores that to focus on teen pregnancy. Give me a fucking break, there is NOTHING in any of these stories that is newsworthy other than tabloid garbage. I also am amazed at how the Femi-Nazis on the left are suddenly skewering her for daring to work and raise a family at the same time. Seems like they should be adoring her as the perfect feminisit--career, family, etc. Hypocrites!!!

 

[Zorak]

It's not Obamas fault he's perfect in every way. Your just jealous he steals all your chicas!

 

[Fox Mulder]

Hence the intense hatred of FOX news. lol

God forbid you actually give a liberal a little truth in the media!

As I've said many times before if people were actually given the truth about how the economy works, how the tax system works, how the legals system works and really understood it, you'd get a lot less votes for Democrats. They benefit nicely from an ignorant voting base.

 

[Peter Parka]

It's just bias and muck raking on both sides. There's always going to be bias and support for different sides by different medias, none are better than the other.

 

[Fox Mulder]

It's just bias and muck raking on both sides. There's always going to be bias and support for different sides by different medias, none are better than the other.

Yes that's true, but here in America, the much more of the media is biased to the left. This is because of course that certain professions attract certain personality types. Most journalists were idealists who got into journalism to save the world. Most don't know DICK about the real world--they never lived the real world, they only write about it. Now some of them have gone on to be journalists after having done a real job (and by a real job I don't mean a politician or a lawyer) and so of course those have a valid perspective.

 

[Alien Allen]

Yes that's true, but here in America, the much more of the media is biased to the left. This is because of course that certain professions attract certain personality types. Most journalists were idealists who got into journalism to save the world. Most don't know DICK about the real world--they never lived the real world, they only write about it. Now some of them have gone on to be journalists after having done a real job (and by a real job I don't mean a politician or a lawyer) and so of course those have a valid perspective.

yup and the same goes for academia

get a moron entrenched at a college teaching bilge and look at what that leave in the wake.

 

[Peter Parka]

Really? I always thought Fox was the big one which is biased toward Republicans? All I know is that from the coverage of it over here there have been a hell of a lot of low blows from both sides. Not saying it dosen't go on in our elections, we get our fair share of it too but there definately seems more of it in your elections.

 

[gLing]

Really? I always thought Fox was the big one which is biased toward Republicans? All I know is that from the coverage of it over here there have been a hell of a lot of low blows from both sides. Not saying it dosen't go on in our elections, we get our fair share of it too but there definately seems more of it in your elections.

Fox is biased towards the right. The thing is they are the only ones that are, so they are considered not "credible" by the left. That said, I have seen them give more time to opposing view points then MSNBC and CNN.

 

[Peter Parka]

I personally dont give much time or are very sceptical toward any biased media, that's why I dont really read the tabloids. I've always found the BBC the most unbiased news source I've come across.

 

[gLing]

All news is biased, even the BBC. The trick is getting your news from many different sources.

 

[Peter Parka]

All news is biased, even the BBC. The trick is getting your news from many different sources.

How is the BBC biased? The've never supported any political party or had a political agenda.

 

[gLing]

How is the BBC biased? The've never supported any political party or had a political agenda.

BBC admits: We are biased on religion and politics - Israel News, Ynetnews

 

[gLing]

We are biased, admit the stars of BBC News | Mail Online
BBC report damns its ‘culture of bias’ - Times Online

 

[pianoman49]

Look at the difference in these two cover stories by the same magazine:

Not surprising that the publisher of the magazine is a lefty!!! This is typical though of the uphill battle Republicans have to fight against in the media--the best friend of the liberal (and the media) is the ignorance and stupidity of the average voter. Since most people tend to be influenced by what they see and read in the media, these types of articles, unfair as they may be, give a distinct advantage to the communist movement in America--spear headed by journalists who couldn't pass an economics or tax class if their life depended on it yet we let these idiots influence voters on these issues!

Us Weekly Cover Blasts Sarah Palin, but for the Obamas It’s a Cakewalk - America’s Election HQ



Liberals don't believe in "Freedom of the Press" they believe in Freedom of their own press--hypocrites!!!

thank you so much. i completely agree with you.

 

[Peter Parka]

That article is just talking about individuals working at the BBC and of course there are going to be people there with opinions. Have you got any articles by the BBC which show bias?

 

[Peter Parka]

We are biased, admit the stars of BBC News | Mail Online
BBC report damns its ‘culture of bias’ - Times Online

The Mail calling the BBC biased is the pot calling the kettle black if I've ever seen it!:24:

 

[gLing]

The Mail calling the BBC biased is the pot calling the kettle black if I've ever seen it!:24:

Of course it is. It always is.

 

[Fox Mulder]

How is the BBC biased? The've never supported any political party or had a political agenda.

With thousands of different reporters, there are bound to be some heavy biases. That's why as gling said you need to consult different sources and ESPECIALLY when its on technical issues like the law.