Countless articles have been written about the liberal leanings of the press; it is not a surprise to see news organizations slant the news. Still, I find it appalling that purported "news" gets reported as fact even though the reporters know better. Here's a good example. For a few days now, the Greenwich Time and Stanford Advocate have been highlighting an article on their websites headlined, "Malloy adds to lead over Foley in governor's race poll." the article then discusses the Quinipiac poll that was released last Tuesday showing Malloy with a 7% lead over Foley. This lead is higher than the last Qunipiac poll of the same race. Nevertheless, the article makes no mention of the other recent polls in the race. Fox did a poll released the day before the Quinipiac poll that showed Foley closing the gap to 4% from the 6% shown in the previous Fox poll. Rasmussen released a poll a few days after after Quinipiac showing Foley 4% behind which was a closer race than the previous Rasmussen poll. Why is it that the Hearst papers in Greenwich and Stamford only report on the one poll that shows an increasing lead for Malloy? It cannot be that the reporters are unaware of the other polls; they are available to anyone on the internet. So why are the results not reported? The answer is bias, bias by the reporters and editors of these two publications.
This bias is so pervasive and long lived that most people have come to expect it. Nevertheless, I still think that it is important to continually point it out. Our supposedly non-biased press should be exposed for what they really are.
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