"It says that they label Republicans as conservative and do not label Democrats as liberals."
No, the article is the spin. Let's take the examples.
"An Imbalanced Approach: On the April 26 Today, Katie Couric introduced a debate segment by branding just one side: “Dee Dee Myers was President Clinton’s first White House press secretary, and Tucker Carlson is a conservative commentator and host for MSNBC.” Were we supposed to believe Myers is non-ideological?"
We are to believe that White House press secretaries are labeled by anything other than the administration they are associated with? Try to find an example of this.
"On the March 2 NBC Nightly News, David Gregory talked about “the conservative group USA Next” and the “senior lobbying group AARP,” ideological opposites in the Social Security debate. On all four occasions the networks mentioned USA Next by name, they correctly called it “conservative,” but not once during the six-month study period did a network reporter describe the AARP as “liberal.”"
This one is almost funny. USA Next is a conservative group, that is what they are by design. AARP represents millions of seniors, liberal and conservative. Now true, part of what they do is support SS and that seems to be the desire of their membership. But it doesn't make them liberal.
"Angry Extremists: On the April 25 Early Show, CBS’s Joie Chen portrayed conservatives as an angry mob: “Thousands of Christian conservatives gathered in Kentucky, seething over what they call the ‘filibuster against faith,' and spoiling for a political fight.” Shortly after the election, on the November 8 Good Morning America, reporter Manuel Medrano trotted out an extreme label: “Arch-conservatives worry that [new Attorney General Alberto] Gonzales may not be conservative enough on hot-button issues.” On the November 4 World News Tonight, ABC’s Linda Douglass warned viewers that “the Senate has gotten much more conservative. One new Senator wants the death penalty for people who perform abortions.”"
And this one is silly. Where are the examples of where they dropped the 'liberal' designation for opposites? That is their thesis, correct? Those examples, on their face, are accurate. |
