Again, here I don't see bias. I see sensationalism. There is a big difference.
Do you truly believe the headline would have been different if it had been a Democrat caught in a juicy, easily understood hypocritical statement? I could image them changing the headline if it was a major advertiser, or a member of their board, or their boss' wife, but not because the person is a Republican or Democrat. On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote: > > Yeah - I have to say this looks really like a case of employer > provided heath care. The employer just happens to be the Government. > I would certainly expect government employees to get health care just > like from any other employer. > > The news headline sure does lead someone to look at it another way > though, particularly if the reader already has a strong bias. I'm not > usually one to cry about bias in the media but this sure does stink of > it. > > "House GOP Freshman Demands Gov't Health Care" > - vs - > "New Employee Asks When Health Care Bennies Kick In" > > Doesn't the second one sound like an Onion headline? > > -Cameron > > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > Really? He has a job that provides health care. He's not looking for a > > freebie. What's the issue? Are you now going to say everyone that was > > against Obamacare should not have health insurance? > > Actually, I think Judah said that repeatedly. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:331767 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
