Newsweek bias

Friday, 13 June 2008


I was reading Howard Fineman's article in Newsweek about Obama and the Jim Johnson situation, which was actually pretty fair, when my attention was drawn to the link box on the right hand side of the page...in the 'most read' section there were two articles about similar things with very different titles.

The first article, from 9 February 2008, was about how some Republicans were uncomfortable with a McCain candidacy. The actual title of the piece is "So much for a warm welcome" but it's advertised as "Why the Right Hates McCain".

The second article, published yesterday, was about how some Democrats were uncomfortable with an Obama candidacy. The title of the piece (as advertised) was "Not all Democrats falling for Obama".

Oh, and for the record, the word "hate" wasn't used once in the entire McCain article.

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