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If the major networks provide the same coverage to the GOP convention as to the Democratic convention then there is nothing to complain about in terms of media bias. Meanwhile there is CSPAN. There was a time when the party conventions had real drama and therefore merited close coverage. Now they are just boring propaganda shows with everything well prepared in advance
When I asked Paul Ryan Wednesday night for his reaction to the news that the major television networks won’t carry a minute of the opening night of the GOP convention, he responded that he wasn’t surprised and that this is just the media terrain the GOP faces in the 2012 election cycle.
(The transcript of my interview is posted at HughHewitt.com)
Ryan is right not to be surprised, and while he doesn’t have time to be angry, every American –left, right, center, undecided or simply indifferent—ought to be furious. The hypocrisy of anyone bemoaning the loss of civility in...
If the major networks provide the same coverage to the GOP convention as to the Democratic convention then there is nothing to complain about in terms of media bias.
I strongly disagree. While unequal GOP - DEM coverage of the 2012 conventions would evidence a clear bias, SO WOULD tailoring the overall (and equal) coverage in a given year to favor the (libbie, natch) favored candidate. More coverage if the libbie is full of hopey-changey $&·( and less coverage if the libbie ticket has to defend 4 years of failure.
The choose what to cover, when, and how means of boosting their libbie candidates has been a lapdop media specialty for decades.
- Snark