Monday, July 11, 2005

Issue:Bush finds no friends at networks -- The Washington Times:

Specific:"President Bush just can't win with the broadcast networks.
More than two-thirds of the news stories on ABC, NBC and CBS covering the first 100 days of Mr. Bush's second term were negative, according to an analysis released today by the District-based Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA). "

Comment: This is propaganda. It is slanted because it does not evaluate the legitimacy and accuracy of the negative stories.

Where is the quantification of actually negative stories. Example: The story of the President falling off his bike at the G8 conference. The only way to "spin" this story into a positive is to not report the story or dismiss it as irrelevant.

So is the story of the President falling to be counted as a "negative story"
So is the story dismissing the original story as irrelevant to be counted as "negative"

Objectivity or scientific rationality is one method of reducing partisanship.