The problem with the MA media and Democrats. [View All]

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For a long time, I have thought the treatment reserved to Senator Kerry was due to a problem with Senator Kerry. I have come to realize that it is not so, but by large a certain leaning toward center right politicians. It may have been that Senator Kennedy was such a giant that they did not dare be too nasty at him (well, the Harald did not hesitate to attack his private life, but not in the same way they do with others).

However, in the last year or so (and even in the last 4 years, it has become more and more clear that there is a political (as well as social) bias in our newsmedia. I started to notice it in the early 2000s, where the coverage of Jane Swift was below all standard. Certainly, I do not agree with her politics, but, just as last year when Martha Coakley ran for senator, the coverage was frankly sexist. Since 2006. the treatment of Deval Patrick is at the same lowest standard (with some racist underpinning that is really disturbing).

More recently, the double standard of treatment between Scott Brown and Deval Patrick, both when it comes to going out of state or promoting their book, is also stunning. But the kicker has certainly been reached today, where the Herald and the Globe have a lengthy treatment of a 50 year old story about Ted Kennedy renting a brothel in Mexico.

http://bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/20110228report_ted_kennedy_arranged_to_rent_chilean_brothel/

or

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2011/03/01/fbi_memo_tied_kennedy_to_brothel_leftists_in_61/?page=full

Seriously, people from MA need to learn that their late senator had an "ïnteresting" private life? These issues were not covered during his life, I guess.:sarcasm:

What gets me is that the Globe beats the Herald at this muckraking game, by front paging it.



So, apologies to the Globe. It is not that they hate Kerry. It is that they are just another Murdoch-like paper.
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