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» Lawhawk - Re: Bias in media? ....Yes

In response to message posted by Fred2000:

Funny, but I recall that Howell Raines was booted from the Times precisely because he overlooked Blair's problems. He overlooked all the gaffes because he was promoting Blair as part of an overall approach to affirmative action in the Times newsroom.

News should be color blind. It shouldn't matter whether the news rooms are black or white, but Sharpton's complaints probably arise from the fact that the media considers him (and Mosley-Braun) a fringe candidate, based on polling data. Sharpton would turn that around and say that the reason for his poor polling is because of the bias.

-- posted by Lawhawk