The Bias In What Gets Left Out

Captain's Quarters by Ed Morrissey | Dec. 23, 2007 (Opinion)

Pew Research Center issued a stinging indictment on Wednesday regarding the press coverage of Iraq this year, one that shows a subtle but clear editorial bias. The news media gave plenty of attention to the war in Iraq when they could show it as a failing enterprise, with half of all their coverage focusing on anecdotal stories of violence. When the success of General David Petraeus made even that coverage difficult, media outlets simply stopped reporting ... Full Story »

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Topics: Media and Politics, War in Iraq
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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - Dec 23, 2007 - 7:58 AM PST
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 by Mark Monday - Dec. 23, 2007

This is the usual pap -- heard from right, left and middle -- that "the (fill in the blank media) don't report about (fill in the blank) because they are biased." Usually the second blank is filled in with the words "good news about..." This is a continuing issue and based on a total misunderstanding about journalism. Let's go to Journalism 101: *Journalists write news stories about conflict or human interest *Every so often journalists write a "situationer" or "analysys" piece ... More »

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 by Kaizar Campwala - Dec. 23, 2007

This is an important issue, and deserves a strong, well-researched analysis. Morrissey points out the issue, but his analysis strikes me as superficial. He doesn't entertain other reasons for the decline of reporting on Iraq (the Presidential Campaign, for example).

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