William F. Smith: “the double-standard that often exists in today's media coverage is obvious. For example, the major networks all provide…”

“the double-standard that often exists in today's media coverage is obvious. For example, the major networks all provide the Democrats with more convention coverage than the Republicans. More coverage is also given to liberal positions. Take the issue of gun control. Guns are consistently portrayed as the weapons of criminals. We never hear about a tragedy being averted or a life being saved because a law-abiding citizen was armed with a gun. Media bias also censors ads. Both the New York Times and USA Today refused to run ads against partial-birth abortions. This week Al Gore made up a story about what prescription drugs cost his mother-in-law, and the media all but ignored it. Why does the media display such a liberal bias? Simply because journalists are more liberal than the rest of us. A 1996 Roper Center survey found that 89 percent of Washington political writers voted for the Clinton/Gore ticket in 1992, only 9 percent supported George Bush.”