Study finds press pro-Kerry....duh

I have read that the challenger generally gets better press than the incumbent...read about it here. But this is the 2nd most lop-sidded ever. Of course its important to mention that it is the right leaning Washington Times that is reporting on this self described non-partisan study.

Sen. John Kerry has gotten the white-glove treatment from the press, garnering more praise from journalists than any other presidential candidate in the last quarter-century, according to a new analysis of almost 500 news stories released today by the Center for Media and Public Affairs. "It's not just that John Kerry has gotten better press than President Bush before this election, he's gotten better press than anyone else since 1980. That's significant," said Bob Lichter, director of the D.C.-based nonpartisan research group.

Why isn't this just obvious? It must be very difficult to praise JFKerry since he has done so many remarkable things in his recent Senate career.

In October alone, Mr. Kerry had a "record-breaking 77 percent positive press evaluations," compared with 34 percent positive for Mr. Bush, the study states.

The self-flagellating press has proved their worth to public; advocates of Democrats and not truly serious as news organizations. The interesting thing, is that when I discuss this with my liberal/democratic friends, the first that comes out of their mouth is something about Fox news. This is just so funny to me. So its one against how many?

My sister also thinks that the press is right-wing and has claimed that NPR is a right-wing news organization. This just tells me that the press is right of her since she is so far left that they had to extend the line a little bit.

But this really is very telling what the press thinks about Republicans....

But Mr. Bush didn't get the absolute worst press on record. With only 9 percent positive stories in 1984, President Reagan got the most negative treatment by news outlets on record, the study says.

How out of touch were they then when the electorate turned around and re-elected the man with a huge landslide victory. Now that the man is dead, they love him....and always loved him!