Free Post: The Liberal [social] Media
I was in my ethics class last week and my professor brought up an interesting point. Although the election was a landslide, McCain still won 47% of the votes – meaning, 47% of America woke up on Wednesday morning without the same [overjoyed] feelings as the majority of us. As the Ombudsman for NPR, she paid particular attention to NPR’s post-election coverage and pulled up the December 5th headlines that saturated the page:
After Obama Win, Washington Reflects
Barack Obama Names Transition Team
Champagne Corks Pop In Paris For Obama
The NPR news coverage was certainly not unique. On December 5th, headlines and stories of nearly all national and global media outlets covered everything from Obama’s historic speech to his promise to bring a puppy to the White House. My professor was not of course denying that such a momentous occasion warrants substantial praise. She wondered however if any students, who were among the 47% minority, were offended by the lack of acknowledgment the media gave to the McCain campaign.
Being among the majority, I just assumed that the coverage of the McCain camp would naturally decline. It was time now to focus one what was going to happen to America – not on what did not happen, right? She did raise an interesting issue – was the media being inconsiderate to McCain? Not offering any sympathy for his loss, acknowledging a job well done or commending him for a humble speech? I suppose the argument could be made that the Republican party has always been rather underrepresented in the press. I just thought I would throw the topic out there to learn if anyone felt the blatant disregard for the McCain camp after the election was poor ethics or another example of the liberal media?
