Of particular note was a survey by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press analyzing press coverage of the presidential race between April and June 2000. Meanwhile, the survey found, coverage of Bush largely involved warm accounts of compassionate conservatism and Bush s purported move to the political center. The evidence suggests that many newsrooms have responded to the charges of a liberal bias by instituting a de facto conservative bias. The evidence suggests that many newsrooms have responded to the charges of a liberal bias by instituting a de facto conservative bias. But the problem with either bias is that it overlooks factuality the basis of all credible journalism in the pursuit of partisan agendas.
Stories become highly selective prosecutions instead of thorough and balanced news accounts.
And it wouldn t hurt if it dropped the half-baked armchair psychoanalysis from its repertoire, either. The Patriot Movement and the Pacific Northwest.