"Study: Democrats Get More A.M. Airtime"

[GreenPartyVoter]

NEW YORK (AP) - A conservative media watchdog organization charged Wednesday that the network morning news shows have spent considerably more time this year on Democrats running for president than on Republicans.

Network news executives rejected any suggestion of bias, and said they have a considerably harder time getting Republican candidates to appear on their shows.

Through July 31, the ABC, CBS and NBC morning news shows devoted 284 campaign segments to Democratic candidates and 152 to Republicans, according to the Media Research Center. Another 81 stories discussed both parties or a possible independent run by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

"The double standard has got to stop," said L. Brent Bozell, the group's founder. "What you hope is that there would be fairness. If you are going to give that much coverage to the Democrats, give it to the Republicans, too."

http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/20070829/D8RAVAVG0.html

[Greyskye]

1. and how much time does Pravda

I mean Fixed, er, Faux news give to Dems 24 hours a day?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Excuse me while I laugh

Because if you change the A.M. to AM, as on your radio dial, exactly how many left wing talkers are on? How many markets are CLOSED to progressive talk, even though it has been shown again and again that talkers like Ed Schultz can top the conservative competition?

[LSK]

5. about 10% of the AM dial is considered talk left

[HughMoran]

10. Exact thought I have

These fucking hypocritical bastards can just STFU.

[LSK]

3. well I guess the MARKET has decided that Dems are more interesting

Tough!

[AlCzervik]

4. a study from Brent Bozell, scuse me while i go giggle.

[brentspeak]

6. It's nice to see the AP is giving the freaking Media Research Center free propaganda time

Holy crow... :eyes:

[Rageneau]

7. So I guess Bozell supports reinstating the Fairness Doctrine, huh?

If there was a Fairness Doctrine, those mean old democrats wouldn't be able to dominate airtime.

Right, Brent?

[skids]

8. The media spends more time trashing dems than praising pugs?

...color me surprised. I wonder who's fault that is.

[LTR]

9. Does that figure include Hillary/Obama/Edwards bashing?

Like when they make fun of Edwards' haircut or talk about Hillary's cleavage?