Iraqi Elections: “Ho-Hum” On Major Nets, “Momentous Occasion” On Fox?

By Brian 

“So far, I think the coverage has been moderately scandalous,” Jonah Goldberg says on The Corner. “This morning CNN kept its regularly scheduled medical show (though last night they were better, if mostly pre-taped). The major nets seemed to treat this like a fairly ho-hum story. I just walked over to my computer after seeing that the Today Show was offering viewers a segment on new shaving technologies for men. Meanwhile, Fox is treating this like a huge, momentous, occassion. Given the contrast, I sometimes worry that the MSM media is becoming more biased simply because they define ‘bad coverage’ even when Fox is covering things correctly. It’s almost as if NBC News would report ‘this just in: 2+2 is 5’ if Fox were reporting ‘2+2 is 4.'” I don’t think it’s fair to call the network coverage “ho-hum…”

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