The Declarer (Floyd McWilliams' Blog)

Wednesday, August 13, 2003


Liberal Media Bias Does Not Exist, Colby Cosh helpfully reminded us while mentioning that Arnold Schwartzenegger was reported as having voted for divisive Proposition 187. (Even better: Arianna Huffington was described by the Mercury News as a reformed conservative.) Today's Merc serves up a double helping of media bias in one story's teaser: Minorities stay on the Democratic plantation, and they do whatever is best for their race:


RECALL

Latino voters face quandry
BEST CHANCE TO ELECT LATINO IN 128 YEARS
Many Bay Area Latinos, like Victoria Aguilar, had planned to vote against the recall. But now with Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante running in the election, the decision has become more complicated.
By Edwin Garcia / Mercury News


An honest newspaper would print stories like this:


Liberal media faces quandry
LATINOS LINE UP TO VOTE FOR ARNOLD JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE


(Garcia's story is nowhere near as biased as the teaser, which I assume was written by someone else.)


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