The "liberal media" label has never been more bogus. Case in point - the Wednesday, October 20, broadcast of ABC World News Tonight, where the newscast was blatantly unfair to Democrats.
First up in the report was Kerry, showing him on the stump. Nothing too spectacular. In the following Bush segment, they had an interview with a supporter with an unusually long sound bite, allowing her to say she thought that Kerry was "arrogant."
But the real closer was the report on Black voters in Ohio. The story talked about how Kerry was not as popular as Clinton, and anecdotally how some Black voters felt they were being taken for granted. In it, there was an interview with an undecided black voter in Ohio, saying she still didn't know who she'd vote for.
Immediately I found this incredible. One, you will probably never find another president as popular as Clinton among American Blacks. Clinton is probably more popular than Jesse Jackson. Second, how could you think an undecided Black voter in Ohio is representative? Black voters are overwhelmingly Democratic, and I couldn't imagine very many voting for Bush. So I looked up the numbers to see if I was right.
From the Dayton Daily News article on the latest polls:
"In the latest Ohio Poll... Kerry had an overwhelming lead among black voters, 95-3 percent."
This is incredible! 95% of Black voters are for Kerry, and ABCnews's "take" on this story is that Kerry is not as popular as Clinton, Kerry takes black voters for granted and airs an interview with a Black voter who is undecided?
Mass media outlets are becoming ever so rotten. Mark Halperin (ABC News political chief), you need to bash your folks over the head. ABCnews is now only marginally better than FOX News. At least with FOX News, you start out with the assumption they are ridiculous. People expect better from ABCnews, which is what makes its "slant" so disturbing.