I have come to conclude after reviewing the media this last election and afterwards that Big Media is not Big because of capitalism or commercialism. There are so many different issues that are not reported on or missing when reported on that prove beyond reasonable doubt that Big Media is liberal in a Big way and liberal anti-capitalist's are running it. To blame the Bias in Big Media on commercialism and capitalism is exactly what Big Media would have you conclude. There is nothing wrong with commercials or capitalism in and of themselves but everything wrong with liberalism.
Click on label Liberal Media Bias and I believe you will see week after week month after of month of the obvious that capitalism and commercialism is not what runs Big Media but rather liberalism/socialistic tendencies. On almost every issue Big Media filters out that which would disfavor liberal policies and emphasizes that which would favor it. From the unborn to the economy to immigration to government to etc etc etc....
I challenge any reader of Values Voter News that may disagree to check into this by doing the following.
The next time you see an issue brought up on ABC, NBC, CBS and PBS non local news do this.
1) Take note of what facts they report and emphasize.
2) Then go to the internet and find other facts about that issue from reputable sources.
3) Then take note of what facts are missing or not emphasized on in Big Media (ABC, NBC, CBS and PBS non local news).
4) And then take note of what a republican position is on the issue and why and what a democrat position is on the issue and why.
I believe you will find probabily 9 out of 10 if not 10 out of 10 times you do this you will see that Big Media emphasizes and includes the info that would encourage a democrat vote and dow not emphasize or even includes at all the info that would encourage a republican vote. If this happens time and time again then maybe it is not capitalism/commercialism that is the root cause of bias in Big Media but rather liberalism. Do your own test!!!! Don't take my word for it.
National Media Avoid IDing Levy Murder Suspect as an Illegal
CBS, CNN, FNC and the AP on Tuesday all failed to identify Ingmar Guandique, for whom an arrest warrant was issued for the 2001 murder of Chandra Levy, as an illegal alien. In a full story on the CBS Evening News, reporter Bob Orr described him simply as a "Salvadoran immigrant." During CNN's Situation Room, Zain Verjee benignly called him "a laborer from El Salvador" and later, on Anderson Cooper 360, news reader Erica Hill referred to him as "a U.S. prison inmate from El Salvador." (In between, the contrarian Lou Dobbs did identify Guandique as "a criminal illegal alien.") FNC's Bret Baier, on his 6 PM EST show, cited the new charge against "a Salvadoran immigrant" while multiple dispatches from the AP's Brian Westerly described Guandique as "an imprisoned Salvadoran immigrant." An AP story: news.yahoo.com 
Wednesday's front page Washington Post article cited the murder suspect's immigration status, but not until the third paragraph: "Guandique, who entered the United States illegally in 2000 and had trouble scraping together a new life in Washington..." Post story: www.washingtonpost.com
In contrast, the free Washington Examiner put the relevant fact in the lead of its story for the Wednesday paper: "Nearly eight years after the disappearance of congressional intern Chandra Levy dominated national headlines, D.C. authorities charged with murder an illegal immigrant who had been questioned in the early stages of the investigation." See: www.dcexaminer.com
[This item, by the MRC's Brent Baker, was posted late Tuesday night on the MRC's blog, NewsBusters.org: newsbusters.org ]
Neither ABC's World News nor the NBC Nightly News mentioned the arrest warrant. Bob Orr began his piece for the March 3 CBS Evening News: "Police identified the killer of Chandra Levy as Ingmar Guandique, a Salvadoran immigrant who's already in a California prison for assaulting two other women in the same Washington park where Levy was murdered..."
ABC Skips Key Facts, Continues to Fret About No Ice at North Pole
Despite evidence to the contrary, Tuesday's Good Morning America continued to hype the idea that there could soon be no Arctic sea ice at the North Pole. Co-host Robin Roberts began a segment on the subject by fretting: "But, can you imagine going to the beach and finding it's not there? Sounds like science fiction."
Referencing a group of scientists who are traveling 600 miles across the Arctic to test ice thickness she added, "Well, a new expedition is under way to find out if this could happen in the not-so-distant future." However, Good Morning America has been wrong on this issue in the past. On the June 28, 2008, GMA weekend anchor Kate Snow introduced a story on polar bears by worrying, "You know, the polar bear has become the iconic face of climate change and this summer scientists are saying the North Pole could be without ice, another symptom of a warming planet." Yet, by the fall of last year, the Arctic ice caps had grown by 150,000 square miles (which, while still low, is not the same as disappearing.)
[This item, by the MRC's Scott Whitlock, was posted Tuesday afternoon on the MRC's blog, NewsBusters.org: newsbusters.org ]
Additionally, Discovery News reported on March 2 of this year that global warming may be on hold. On the Discovery Channel web site, Michael Reilly wrote: "Earth's climate continues to confound scientists. Following a 30-year trend of warming, global temperatures have flatlined since 2001 despite rising greenhouse gas concentrations, and a heat surplus that should have cranked up the planetary thermostat." See Discovery News: dsc.discovery.com
And Bloomberg reporter Alex Morales noted on February 20 that a satellite glitch had resulted in scientists underestimating the amount of Arctic sea ice by 500,000 square kilometers. See Bloomberg: www.bloomberg.com
Yet, ABC's on-screen graphic didn't mention any of this and instead asked, "Explorers Begin North Pole Trek: Is all the Ice Disappearing?"
GMA reporter Nick Watt featured no opposing views and only stated: "Their [Arctic scientists] data might tell us how soon the polar ice could disappear completely." ABC viewers should expect more of this type of reporting, as the correspondent explained that in a few weeks, Good Morning America would be joining the expedition and will track the progress of the scientists investigating the level of sea ice.
The ABC morning show has developed quite a reputation for global warming alarmism. Weatherman Sam Champion famously hosted a segment on January 31, 2007 that featured a hyperbolic graphic which screamed: "Will Billions Die from Global Warming? New Details on Thirst and Hunger." See a February 1, 2007 CyberAlert posting for more: www.mrc.org
A transcript of the March 3 segment, which aired at 7:37, follows:
ROBIN ROBERTS: But, can you imagine going to the beach and finding it's not there? Sounds like science fiction. Well, a new expedition is under way to find out if this could happen in the not-so-distant future. It's an expedition to the North Pole that will take a look at the ice caps. And our Nick Watt went along for the ride.
NICK WATT: This daring expedition has taken five years of planning and training.
UNIDENTIFIED EXPLORER: Here we are in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. Safely landed.
WATT: The two men and one woman are excited to be on their way.
PEN HADDOW (explorer): We're also very anxious because this is a huge challenge we've set ourselves to do the journey and the surveying on top in the world's most extreme environment.
WATT: They're expecting temperatures as low as minus 60 degrees. They'll have to swim part of the way, where the ice has melted.
ABC GRAPHIC: Explorers Begin North Pole Trek: Is all the Ice Disappearing?
ANN DANIELS (explorer): We will have to deal with potential polar bear attacks, open water, thin ice, moving ridges and, of course, surviving in the terrible temperatures.
WATT: This awesome adventure has a serious purpose. The team will progress this radar 600 miles to the North Pole. Every few inches, it measures the ice thickness. And ten times a day, the team drill through the ice pack, which is melting at an alarming rate. Their data might tell us how soon the polar ice could disappear completely.
HADDOW: Some scientists say this sea ice loss could occur in just four years from now.
WATT: Those polar bears the team are afraid of would lose their natural habitat and global weather patterns would change. This trek will take three months. And in just a few weeks, we'll be joining the team, out there on the ice and bringing you an update from their progress. For "Good Morning America," Nick Watt, ABC News, London.
ROBERTS: My goodness. And we're truly looking forward to Nick Watt reports from out there.
-- Brent Baker"
