http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012...lection-cycle/
Conservative leaders claim unprecedented media bias this election cycle
Published September 26, 2012
FoxNews.com
Two-dozen conservative activists and media personalities on Tuesday urged members of their respective groups to switch off the "biased news media," claiming in an open letter that establishment media are "out of control with a deliberate and unmistakable leftist agenda."
Though these groups frequently complain about a left-leaning media bias, they claimed in the letter that the political slant this cycle is unprecedented.
"In the quarter century since the Media Research Center was established to do ent liberal media bias, there has never been a more brazen and complete attempt by the liberal so-called 'news' media to decide the outcome of an election," wrote Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center, and other conservative leaders.
They ticked off a litany of grievances against the news media, saying they've been "shamefully smearing" Mitt Romney over the course of the election.
Among their charges were that the media have painted conservative ideas as "extreme;" downplayed the "horrendous economic conditions" in the country; focused more on shortcomings in Romney's business background than in Obama's record as president; been "pouncing" on missteps by conservatives while "suppressing" gaffes by Vice President Biden; and been "deliberately covering up embarrassing government failures and scandals, including the Solyndra debacle, Fast & Furious, and national security leaks."
According to NewsBusters, part of MRC, the letter was directed at the heads of ABC News, NBC News, CBS News and CNN.
"We the undersigned -- representing millions of Americans from our respective organizations -- are now publicly urging our members to seek out alternative sources of political news in order to make an intelligent, well-informed decision on November 6," they wrote.
Network representatives have not yet responded to a request for comment.
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I am not a rocket scientist but, are they telling their conservative brethren to not watch the biased media? Do these people watch anything other than Fox already?
For the record I think Brent Bozo is a hoot!
Defintion of liberal media bias:
"Anything bad said about any conservative cause or person, no matter how cogent, truthful, or factual it is."
By that definition, a ty candidate like Romney will see a lot of "bias".
"Boo-hoo, not everybody is mindlessly parroting our preferred narrative"
GMAFB.
How long do they think that can hold that narrative? If the polls say Obama is going to win by 4, and he wins by 4 after weeks of their saying the polls are lying and biased, what's the excuse going to be?
If inexplicably the polls start moving towards Romney two weeks before the election, I'll give this meme some credibility, but otherwise it sounds about the same as what I heard in 2008.
Have you seen the "Unskewed Polls" website? That is hilarious.
I looked at those numbers and went WTF?
Open Letter to the Biased News Media:
This election year, so much of the broadcast networks, their cable counterparts, and the major establishment print media are out of control with a deliberate and unmistakable leftist agenda. To put it bluntly: you are rigging this election and taking sides in order to pre-determine the outcome. In the quarter century since the Media Research Center was established to do ent liberal media bias, there has never been a more brazen and complete attempt by the liberal so-called “news” media to decide the outcome of an election.
A free and balanced media are crucial to the health of this country. It is your duty as journalists – as outlined in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics – to “distinguish between advocacy and news reporting,” while simultaneously “seeking truth and providing a fair and comprehensive account of events and issues.”
There is a reason why the media are viewed with such disdain by the American public, as evidenced by every recent poll on the issue.
You have breached the public trust by willfully turning a blind eye to the government’s public policy failures, both domestic and foreign, while openly and shamefully smearing Gov. Mitt Romney. You are:
• Painting conservative ideas as extreme, while refusing to report the disastrous consequences of liberal programs enacted since 2008.
• Submerging the truly horrendous economic conditions America is facing and focusing only on minor political issues.
• Characterizing conservatives as cruel budget “slashers” instead of responsible officials trying to avoid a debt catastrophe.
• Focusing on alleged shortcomings in Romney’s business record instead of Obama’s record as the chief executive, whose policies contributed to a failed economy.
• Deliberately covering up embarrassing government failures and scandals, including the Solyndra debacle, Fast & Furious, and national security leaks which have put American lives in jeopardy.
• Pouncing on real and perceived missteps by conservatives, portraying them as bumbling incompetents, while suppressing embarrassing and incendiary remarks made by Vice President Joe Biden to prevent him from becoming a liability.
• Portraying conservative opposition to tax hikes as an impediment to deficit reduction while failing to highlight how liberal tax increase policies will cause massive damage to the economy and cause the deficit to explode.
• “Fact-checking” conservatives in order to discredit their arguments while regularly refusing to "fact-check" liberals who are distorting the truth.
We the undersigned – representing millions of Americans from our respective organizations – are now publicly urging our members to seek out alternative sources of political news in order to make an intelligent, well-informed decision on November 6.
It is time the American people turn you who are offending off, once and for all. You have betrayed their trust.
Sincerely,
L. Brent Bozell, III
President
Media Research Center
Co-Signed:
Gary Bauer
President
Campaign for American Values
Kenneth Blackwell
Hon.J. Kenneth Blackwell
Former, U.S. ambassador
U.N. Human Rights Commission
Morton Blackwell,
Chairman
The Weyrich Lunch
David Bozell
Executive Director
For America
Brian Brown
President
National Organization for Marriage
Al Cardenas
Chairman
American Conservative Union
Colin Hanna
President
Let Freedom Ring
Laura Ingraham
National Radio Host
Matt Kibbe
President and CEO
FreedomWorks
Amy Kremer
Chairman
Tea Party Express
Curt Levey
Committee for Justice
Mark Levin
Author and National Radio Host
Rush Limbaugh
National Radio Host
Jenny Beth Martin
Co-Founder
Tea Party Patriots
Ed Meese III
Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy,
Chairman of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies
Heritage Foundation
Mike Needham
Chief Executive Officer
Heritage Action
Karl Otteson
U. S. Federation of Small Businesses Inc
William Pascoe
Executive Vice President
Citizens for the Republic
Tony Perkins
President
Family Research Council
Alfred S. Regnery
Paul Revere Project
Mathew D. Staver
Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel
Richard Viguerie
Chairman
Conservative HQ.com
"Covering up" is defined as"suppressing" gaffes by Vice President Biden; and been "deliberately covering up embarrassing government failures and scandals, including the Solyndra debacle, Fast & Furious, and national security leaks."
"Not endlessly reporting bad things about Democrats at the expense of other news coverage"
Because, as we all know, nothing else in the world ever happens besides bad things Democrats do.
TBH, when a candidate is as bad as Mitt Romney, it would be biased of the media to NOT point it out.
nailed it.
If you're a Romney supporter, your hopes lie in blacks staying home on Election Day. Try to convince yourself that they care about gay marriage. Try to convince yourself that they care about jobs. Try to convince yourself that if Obama repealed the 13th Amendment that the final thing blacks would do before the chains went back on wouldn't be to cast that ballot for Obama. Try to convince yourself that if Obama personally killed a black woman's children she would stay home rather than vote for him "with reservations."
74% white -- 14% black -- 8% Hispanic -- 4% other... that's your 2012 turnout. Try to convince yourself rural evangelicals are going to turn out for a Mormon... that working class whites give a about politics anymore... that GOP pleas to deny the inevitable mean anything.
14% black @ 95% Obama/4% Romney = 13.3% Obama, 0.6% Romney
8% Hispanic @ 66% Obama/33% Romney = 5.3% Obama, 2.6% Romney
4% other @ 60% Obama/39% Romney = 2.4% Obama, 1.6% Romney
That's 20.7% for Obama, 4.8% Romney before the first white gets counted.
If Romney wins the white vote 60-39, he still narrowly loses the popular vote 49.5%-49.2%. Convince yourself that somehow black turnout in Ohio and Virgina won't be decisive, that Hispanics in Colorado don't put that state out of play, or that somehow magically the Jews in Florida of all people are going to save Romney.
Plus, take into account that this is the closest a Republican candidate will ever come to winning ever again.
Do you feel disenfranchised now? Consider asserting your will by other means besides the ballot box. Consider violence.
You should check their "methodology". It's pretty hilarious.
You mean you're not really a rocket scientist?!!
I could see Jeb Bush winning in 2016.
People that think the MSM doesn't treat Obama with kid gloves are delusional.
that's loserish, crybaby talk. maybe you should take up arms.
Thought experiment: let's have the Democrats nominate Julian Castro in 2016 against Jeb Bush.
Middle-of-the-road white voters: Ugh, anoher Bush. This Castro guy isn't even qualified -- never been more than a mayor. it, I'm buying more ammo.
Hispanics: First Hispanic President!
Blacks: Barack says Castro is awesome. But he's not black. Maybe I'll vote.
Projected demographic:
72% white-13% black-11% Hispanic-4% other.
Whites: 58-41 Bush
Blacks 95-5 Castro
Hispanics 72-27 Castro
Other 58-41 Castro
Castro 52%, Bush 47%
where do you get those splits? just curious about your insight into future voting patterns.
^it's just kool aid man having fun under another troll after he got outed as being Extra Stout
no ing way that's koolaid man.
yeah dude, DMC already did his detective work and pretty much outed him. you don't post in the nba forum that's why you're late to the party but it's common knowledge now.
Damn.
Koolaids posts are always just lame as and Homeland Security is just constant articulate comedy gold. It's just hard to believe.
he's just some creative loser with a lot of time on his hands..he's a friend of the ellis' that's why he gets away with his
This coming from the people who alternated between ignoring and savagely mocking Ron Paul.... between Faux News and AM radio, neocons have no room to cry about media bias, tbh....
But Ron Paul fans are especially unbiased when it comes to Dr. Paul.
More like cult followers.
I AM NOT KOOLAID!!!! He's a different person. But he lives in my head and I let him use the computer sometimes.
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