Partisan Politics and the MSM

Sorry for this rant.

Bloggers make no apologies for being partisian. They tend to wear their politics on their sleeves. But I have an issue with the main stream media telling us that they give fair an unbiased journalism when they really don't.

How often do we hear something criticising Republicans whether it be Bush, Abramoff, or Delay. We also see them dig hard to find dirt on many others of one party such as Pombo, Allen, and Blackwell. They run these stories into the ground keeping them on the front pages for months without any new "real" evidence of wrong-doing.

But on the flip side, what kind of coverage do the same newspapers offer on the behavior of Democrats? They give a short paragraph and hide the story on page 28 to their wrong-doings if they print it at all.

These are stories that would have been front page news for at least a week if not more if they had been Republicans.

Congressman William Jefferson is being investigated for bribery
Harry Reid/ Jack Abramoff connection
Hillary Clinton's Campaign Finance Probe
Jim Doyle's "Travelgate"

Many may disagree with me but I don't see the majority of the media putting as much effort in searching for misconduct in Democrats as they do in Republicans.

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