And you say there's no bias in professional media?Here's just a few of the latest examples provided by the vigilant chroniclers over at the Media Research Center:
"A lot of his skeptics agree that Gore makes a powerful point. The scientific consensus is clear, and Gore urged Congress to listen to scientists, not special interests.... Here’s hoping Congress puts partisanship aside, and comes together to act boldly on global warming." (CBS anchor Katie Couric writing in her "Couric & Co." blog on CBSNews.com, March 21.)
"Well, he was not what I expected. He was very dignified. He was warm, friendly. He likes the U.S. It’s George Bush that he doesn’t like. He also was very personal. He talked about how hard his life was, that he wished he could be in love but you can’t be when you are heading a country." (ABC’s Barbara Walters recounting her interview with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, March 16 Nightline.)
"I think a draft produces a better Army than the one we would have with all volunteers, because I think you get average Americans if you have a draft. And if it’s an all-volunteer Army, you get people who join up because of some problem in their own lives. They don’t have anything else to do, they don’t have a job, or they can’t find what they want to do, so they join the Army. And it doesn’t produce the best Army." (CBS’s Andy Rooney on Imus in the Morning, March 14.)
"More than 46 million Americans have no health insurance. So when it comes to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and good health, all men are not created equal." (Katie Couric introducing a story about a doctor who cares for poor patients, March 12 CBS Evening News.)
"Comedians, such as yourself, Jon Stewart and others, are a valuable supplement, and here’s why: Good journalism at its best frequently speaks truth to power. What’s happened with journalists — again, I don’t except myself from this criticism — in some ways we’ve lost our guts. We need a spine transplant. What’s happened is comedians, in their own way, speak truth to power and fill that vacuum that we in journalism have too often left, particularly post 9/11." (Dan Rather to Bill Maher on HBO’s Politically Incorrect, March 16.
By the way, if you don't remember the matter of Katie Couric's remarkable weight loss as shown in the photo accompanying this post, check out this entry from the Vital Signs Blog archives.