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The San Diego Union-Tribune on the editorial page of Saturday, October 25th, nailed it when they so stated in an editorial entitled "Media bias? Some journalists have already voted". In it the editor astutely observed "We usually don't put much stock in claims of media bias But there are times when the partisanship and favoritism are so apparent that they cannot be denied. This presidential election is such an occasion.the media aren't fooling anyone with their pretense of objectivity. Little wonder that Americans have such a low opinion of the journalism profession when they perceive reporters and editors as something less than honest brokers.too many supposedly objective journalists have made their first choice perfectly clear."

This was followed by another commentary on the editorial page of October 28th entitled "Noxious analogy, Comparing GOP, Nazi rallies reflects on media" wherein they observe "Decades from now the first entry is sure to be the Barack Obama national media coupling of 2008. What is going on now is simply stunning.Consider the readiness of journalists to liken McCain-Palin rallies to Nazi rallies in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s.In the Oct. 28 New Yorker, Steve Coll became the latest.Steve Coll should be ashamed. But, then, so should many others in the national media."

Precisely, although you will not see such an honest assessment on the editorial pages of The New York Times or The Washington Post nor hear a forthright discussion of this topic on television networks such as ABC, CBS, NBC, or the obviously extreme leftist MSNBC!

Americans should be very troubled when the fourth estate, inherently responsible for conveying political news fairly and with at the very least a modicum of objectivity, takes obvious sides so blatantly in a presidential election. That should never happen, but it has.

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