The Boston Globe Investigates Media Bias!

Yes, you heard that right. The Boston Globe has assigned two ace reporters to dig up dirt on a reporter who shows a distinctly partisan bias.

Thank goodness they're finally on the case, right?

Riiiiiiiight.

The target of the Boston Globe's extensive investigation? Jeff Gannon of TalonNews.com-- basically a blog, or a magazine that's a step or two above a blog (no offense meant, Jeff!)

His "crimes"?:

The Bush administration has provided White House media credentials to a man who has virtually no journalistic background, asks softball questions to the president and his spokesman in the midst of contentious news conferences, and routinely reprints long passages verbatim from official press releases as original news articles on his website.

Hmmmmm... I don't suppose that there are any liberal reporters who ask softball questions to, say, Hillary Clinton or John Kerry, or routinely rewrite Democratic Party and/or liberal advocacy group press releases and publish it as original reporting?

Funny how the liberal media is only interested in "bias" when it's the wrong sort of bias.

Thanks to Richard.

You might want to let the Boston Globe know about other potential targets of future investigations (Katie Couric, Peter Jennings, Dan Rather, Helen Thomas, etc.) by writing them at letter@globe.com.

posted by Ace at 03:03 PM

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