Reply #2: Bias doesn't explain everything [View All]

[Strawman]

http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2003/10/24/bias_questions.html

http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2003/10/25/bias_answers.html

There is a bias inherent in the corporate nature of the media which serves to narrow the range of acceptable opinion to those which do not seriously threaten corporate interests, but that still leaves wider sphere of legitimate controversy than most people who reduce their critique of the media to bias will concede.

Within that sphere, political elites. whom journalists look to for context, especially on foreign policy issues, can frame media coverage. If a Joe Biden or someone of that stature spent less time worrying about looking good (and failing in my opinion), and articulated a consistent position of opposition to the war, the press would provide more critical coverage. Sure there are some strong voices of opposition among Democrats in Congress, but those voices are marginalized by the party leadership first and by the meida second.