NAME THAT PARTY!!!!

When it comes to naming the party affiliation of a disgraced Republican politician, the media will trip over themselves to ensure that the entire nation knows where he or she came from. On the other hand, if the disgraced politician happens to be a Democrat, the reader or viewer will have to go out of their way to find out what party they are from. In fact, it has become a running joke among the true political insiders. Rush Limbaugh had brought this issue up before but it is the Wall Street Journal who has been calling attention to this obvious media bias.

I guess it takes another disgraced prostitute loving Democrat politician for others to point out what others have already known about the mass media's love affair with the Democrats. Here is a small quote from Brent Baker of the conservative Media Research Institute.

"In lead stories Monday night about New York Governor Eliot Spitzer being linked to a prostitution ring, neither ABC's World News nor the NBC Nightly News verbally identified Spitzer's political party. Must mean he's a liberal Democrat -- and he is. CBS anchor Katie Couric, however, managed to squeeze in a mention of his party. On ABC, the only hints as to Spitzer's party were a few seconds of video of Spitzer beside Hillary Clinton as they walked down some steps and a (D) on screen by Spitzer's name over part of one soundbite. NBC didn't even do that. While ABC and NBC failed to cite Spitzer's political affiliation in the four minutes or so each network dedicated to the revelations, both managed to find time to applaud his reputation and effectiveness as the Empire State's Attorney General before becoming Governor" -- Brent Baker of the conservative Media Research Institute.

This is a good time to remind many of the UCLA study on Media Bias being real:

While the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is conservative, the newspaper's news pages are liberal, even more liberal than The New York Times. The Drudge Report may have a right-wing reputation, but it leans left. Coverage by public television and radio is conservative compared to the rest of the mainstream media. Meanwhile, almost all major media outlets tilt to the left.

These are just a few of the surprising findings from a UCLA-led study, which is believed to be the first successful attempt at objectively quantifying bias in a range of media outlets and ranking them accordingly.

Of the 20 major media outlets studied, 18 scored left of center, with CBS' "Evening News," The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times ranking second, third and fourth most liberal behind the news pages of The Wall Street Journal.