media bias

[Lars]

The Pope and President Bush were giving a press conference near the Lincoln Memorial when suddenly a gust of wind came up and blew the Pontiff's hat into the Reflection Pool.

 

Bush said, "Don't worry, Padre, I'll get it fer ya." Upon which he walked out across the pool and retrieved the Pope's hat.

 

The Pope declared, "It's a miracle! The president just walked across water as did Jesus."

 

The next day the headlines read, "Bush Can't Swim."

[Stonehead]

By all means, let the deception continue...

 

 

 

[Ratboy]

Poor Bush can't push his moderate agenda to unite the country because the liberal media won't give him a break.

 

Any comparison of Bush to Jesus is heretical, and I'm an atheist.

[arlen]

I learned some snart new ways to complain about biased media by listening to biased media.

[Peter_Puget]

From the NYT business section (Saturdays)

 

Headline: "A Shortage of Seasonal Workers Is Feared." They managed to frame a good jobs outlook in negative terms -- fear.

 

On the same front page is a chart showing the spectacular recent performance of stock markets throughout the Middle East. Wouldn't this be a nice thing to read about in the general coverage of the Middle East?

[j_b]

http://www.fair.org/extra/0403/iraq-study.html

[murraysovereign]

From the NYT business section (Saturdays)

 

Headline: "A Shortage of Seasonal Workers Is Feared." They managed to frame a good jobs outlook in negative terms -- fear.

 

That was one of the arguments against pursuing the Winter Olympics for Vancouver/Whistler: it would cause a shortage of skilled labour during the build-up. I agree it appears to be a positive outcome, rather than negative - from the perspective of a job-seeker.

 

But given that your headline is from the "business" section, it's appropriate. From the perspective of business, a labour shortage is not a good thing. Wages go up, production capacity is reduced. You end up paying higher expenses on lower sales - that's an undesireable combination.