Bias in the Media Haunts Obama

In my opinion, the entire main stream media is biased. Fox is very conservative, MSNBC is very liberal (both are good for their business), and the rest are slightly liberal (CNN and the networks). Anything that gets close to a debate becomes a name calling shouting match. The network participants (I refuse to call them journalists) take sides instead of moderating the shouting matches and calling foul when the truth is stretched by the guests.

I would much prefer that all the media players allow all sides of any debate to make their points, one at a time, then have journalists point out when either side spews BS. This will never happen. The old William F. Buckley debates on PBS were great. My favorite was where Buckley debated against Ronald Reagan (each on a team) on the merits of giving the Panama Canal back to Panama while Cater was President. More often than not, it was liberal versus conservative.

I believe that most of the liberal media, minus Fox, turned on Hillary Clinton early in the recent campaign and actually became boosters for Obama. Fox, weird as it may be, actually supported Hillary, after years of attacks on her.

Obama's media supporters made a horrible mistake. They should have created an outlet for honest debate before the health care push, where BS on any side were called out. With the history of the debate over HillaryCare, they should have expected a vigorous response from partisan Republicans. Maybe Obama's advisors should have developed a plan earlier.

Instead, it appears that Obama's camp and media supporters believed even the most partisan Republicans would roll over. Maybe they made the mistake of underestimating the dislike for Bush among voters, and thinking the election victory was all due to love of Obama.

What has happened is that Republicans, those with no plan to provide health care to millions of people, are spewing BS about ObamaCare, and there is no unbiased source of news to call foul. Of course MSNBC will play to a liberal audience (and Fox to conservatives), but that's preaching to the choir. Obama needs to win the minds of the independant voters.

Obama's supporters should encourage CNN and the networks to quickly develop programs with a moderated debate, where facts by all sides are checked. No shouting when its not your turn to speak. Where journalists don't participate, but verify the debate points of the guests. Obama is losing the middle ground, and a biased media isn't helping.

Shouting matches with biased journalists as participants make people afraid of any change.