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Examples are many, but the 2016 ELECTION EDITION of the Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune exemplifies the bias of the lamestream media coverage of the presidential race. Compare the opening lead paragraphs on the respective full-page displays about the major candidates, and it should be obvious that there is an overall positive spin regarding the introductory information about Hillary -- with nothing about her failures as Secretary of State, her current e-mail scandals and the FBI investigation -- whereas the corresponding paragraph about Trump overly stresses negatives about the GOP nominee (as indicated by the boldfaced words -- emphasis mine).
The prominently displayed opening paragraph about Hillary ...
She’s one of the most recognized women in the world and started the race in a dominant position in the Democratic primaries. As first lady to President Bill Clinton during the 1990s, she was a driving figure in a failed health care overhaul and lived through the tumult of multiple ethics investigations and the trauma of her husband’s impeachment. She rebounded, winning a Senate seat representing New York in 2000, then embarked on a 2008 Democratic presidential bid that faltered against Barack Obama. After Obama won the White House, Clinton joined his administration, serving for four years as his secretary of state.
The prominently displayed opening paragraph about Trump ...
A year and a half ago, the reality television star and billionaire real estate developer was largely dismissed as an attention-seeking showman who had little intention of actually entering the race. But since announcing his candidacy, Trump has upended the presidential contest, seizing his party’s nomination despite breaking every rule. Trump’s campaign can be charted in inflammatory statements. After kicking off his campaign by saying the Mexican government sends criminals across the U.S. border illegally, he’s questioned Arizona Sen. John McCain’s status as a war hero. He’s called for temporarily banning foreign Muslims from entering the country (then backed away from the plan), gone after the family of a slain soldier that criticized him, got into an extended verbal tiff with a former Latina beauty queen and belittled the appearances of some of the women who have accused him of sexual assault in the campaign’s final weeks.
The prominently displayed opening paragraph about Hillary ...
She’s one of the most recognized women in the world and started the race in a dominant position in the Democratic primaries. As first lady to President Bill Clinton during the 1990s, she was a driving figure in a failed health care overhaul and lived through the tumult of multiple ethics investigations and the trauma of her husband’s impeachment. She rebounded, winning a Senate seat representing New York in 2000, then embarked on a 2008 Democratic presidential bid that faltered against Barack Obama. After Obama won the White House, Clinton joined his administration, serving for four years as his secretary of state.
The prominently displayed opening paragraph about Trump ...
A year and a half ago, the reality television star and billionaire real estate developer was largely dismissed as an attention-seeking showman who had little intention of actually entering the race. But since announcing his candidacy, Trump has upended the presidential contest, seizing his party’s nomination despite breaking every rule. Trump’s campaign can be charted in inflammatory statements. After kicking off his campaign by saying the Mexican government sends criminals across the U.S. border illegally, he’s questioned Arizona Sen. John McCain’s status as a war hero. He’s called for temporarily banning foreign Muslims from entering the country (then backed away from the plan), gone after the family of a slain soldier that criticized him, got into an extended verbal tiff with a former Latina beauty queen and belittled the appearances of some of the women who have accused him of sexual assault in the campaign’s final weeks.
