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August 26, 2012 by B. Daniel Blatt

Take a gander at two recent screen captures from, respectively, Yahoo!’s home page and AOL’s


As the Republican National Convention is about to convene in Tampa, our friends at Yahoo! and AOL are determined to use Democratic talking points to define the proceedings.

Note the Yahoo! headline; the only reason this supposed “rape controversy” looms over the convention is because the legadyy media, following the Democrats’ lead, dwells on it.   AOL has the presumptive Republican nominee’s partisan rival calling out his biggest flaw.

How nice.  Should we see a headline next Sunday on AOL with Mitt Romney calling out the incumbent’s “biggest flaw.”  (Don’t hold your breath.)  And in the “controversy” article that Yahoo! links, AP writer David Espo gives away the game, when he quotes the head of the opposing party (to describe the upcoming GOP gathering):

“Now, Akin’s choice of words isn’t the real issue here. The real issue is a Republican Party — led by Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan — whose policies on women and their health are dangerously wrong,” said a recent letter from Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chairwoman of the Democratic Party.

The party also posted a Web video that emphasizes the Republican Party’s opposition to abortion and digitally alters the Republicans’ “Romney-Ryan” logo to say “Romney Ryan Akin.”

Now, we know where they got their notion of controversy.  Funny how our media often turn to frequently discredited Democrats in articles on the Republican Party.  You’d think Mr. Espo could at least let us know about Miss Wasserman Schultz’s often inaccurate descriptions of her partisan rivals’ positions.

Do hope Yahoo! and AP will turn to more reliable Republicans when covering the Democrats’ gathering next month in Charlotte.

Filed Under: 2012 Presidential Election, Mean-spirited leftists, Media Bias

Comments

  1. EssEm says

    August 26, 2012 at 7:13 pm - August 26, 2012

    http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/08/nyts-abramson-rebuts-brisbane-charge-133211.html

    We’re not biased, we’re just urban and cosmopolitan…

  2. Polly says

    August 26, 2012 at 7:23 pm - August 26, 2012

    Do you mean “urban” or “urbane”? ‘Cause urbane is so very much cooler!

  3. Ted B. (Charging Rhino) says

    August 26, 2012 at 7:36 pm - August 26, 2012

    The “Isaac puts Dent in Plans of GOP Elite” Headline is a nice dig too.

    Of it were the Democratic Conventions it would have read “Community Activists and Union Leaders Concerned about Effect on Local Homeless“…

  4. benj says

    August 26, 2012 at 7:49 pm - August 26, 2012

    If not for the media, Obama would be lucky to have 20% approval. Saul Alinsky would be proud to see his”Rules for Radicals’ now in full combat operations for Obama. The media in America is about as objective as ‘Baghdad Bob’ was in Iraq. Obama depends upon the media to ensure the remainder of the election cycle remains focused on ridiculing his opponent. Discuss issues???? You gotta be kidding..

  5. V the K says

    August 26, 2012 at 9:08 pm - August 26, 2012

    Do a lot of people get their news from AOL?

  6. Just Me says

    August 26, 2012 at 9:53 pm - August 26, 2012

    The “Isaac puts Dent in Plans of GOP Elite” Headline is a nice dig too.

    Of it were the Democratic Conventions it would have read “Community Activists and Union Leaders Concerned about Effect on Local Homeless“…

    Yep. The bias isn’t always in the actual story-approaching storm maybe causing problems for the convention-but the words they choose to write it.

    I am pretty sure if I did a search for democratic elite I would be hard pressed to find them in anything written by the mainstream media.

  7. V the K says

    August 26, 2012 at 10:20 pm - August 26, 2012

    Hey, you didn’t see a headline reading “NC Gay Marriage Vote Puts Dents in the Plans of Democrat Elite” or “Lackluster Funding Puts Dent in the Plans of Democrat Elite.”

  8. Peter Hughes says

    August 27, 2012 at 9:17 am - August 27, 2012

    How about “Obama Puts Dent in the Plans of Democrat Elite?”

    Regards,
    Peter H.

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