Sorry Zeev, the mainstream media (MSM) is liberally biased. The evidence supporting this is overwhelming. Lately, they barely pretend to be "objective". I'm sorry, but again your bias is showing.
The anecdotal examples you offered are actually good examples of liberal MSM bias. The MSM's initial reluctance to cover the allegations in the examples you cited, then later, when the MSM began to cover them, their distorted slant are all well documented (with Clinton, sex sells. When they finally ran with it big time, the MSM still slanted it hard).
Here's one prime example - You couldn't be more wrong about the Swift Boat coverage.
Bottom line, if you switch the allegations against the candidates (Imagine that Kerry was alleged to be "AWOL" in the National Guard (NG). Imagine Bush fighting Swift Boat Vet allegations.); I guarantee that the MSM would have dominated the news from day one citing the Swifties clear unequivocal evidence against Bush. Detailed interviews with John O'Neill & the Swift Vets would have been all over the airwaves & in the headlines slamming Bush with the facts. At the same time, you would have seen the MSM ignore, dismiss & openly denounce the "AWOL" allegations about Kerry's NG service. The MSM would triumphantly proclaim their "journalistic standards" would not allow them to report on the smear job against Kerry because no credible evidence exists to support the allegations made by the Vast Right Wing Smear Machine.
Instead, in the real world, on almost no evidence the MSM ran thousands of negative stories about Bush in the NG. Their main sources of info came from an unbalanced, rabid, Bush hating liberal (and known liar), Michael Moore, the DNC & "fake but accurate" documents. The MSM actively searched for witnesses & documentation that would harm Bush. Simultaneously, the MSM intentionally ignored credible witnesses & documentation that clearly established Bush served honorably. They misled & distorted facts with impunity to portray Bush as negatively as possible. And Dan Rather's forged documents debacle was absolute proof of how over the top MSM's liberal bias has become.
Meanwhile, the Swifties presented irrefutable, factual evidence to support their allegations. The MSM virtually ignored the Swift Boat Vets from May (Press Conference) until two weeks after their TV ads were killing Kerry in September. When the MSM did cover the Swifties, they have slandered & smeared the Swifties maliciously. Almost every story openly ridicules them & the MSM blatantly distorts the truth in almost every report.
Kerry's "Christmas in Cambodia" is now irrefutably documented as a huge lie that Kerry used for political purposes time & time again (50 times on the record). Team Kerry even admitted he was not there then. And the Swifties used Kerry's own words to prove irrefutably Kerry had repeatedly perpetrated this horrific lie purely for political gain. Why has the MSM covered up this earth shattering story?
The Swifties proved that two of three Purple Hearts were not justified. They used Kerry's own words, sworn testimony & documentary evidence, to establish factually those medals were not legitimately earned.
The Swifties let the public know that Kerry met with Communist leaders from North Vietnam twice while we were at war with them. Again Kerry's own words added to the clear evidence that this is true.
They documented that Kerry's lies about war crimes before the Senate were used by the Communists against POW's to threaten & terrorize them.
Don't tell me Kerry didn't give aid & comfort to the enemy or that Kerry's war crimes lies did not cause our POW's to suffer more.
The Swifties brought attention to Kerry's involvement in a plot to assassinate US Senators, something that the MSM is loathe to ever mention objectively. Despite repeated Kerry denials, he only admitted he was present when FBI documents proved Kerry was lying.
Why has the MSM covered up, distorted or downplayed all of these earth shattering stories from the Swift Boat Vets? It's not for lack of credible evidence. That's a fact.
There's so much more. I defy anyone to google news reports on the Swifties. Here's what you will find. You won't see the stories I mentioned above objectively covered. The few articles where the MSM actually mentions them, you will see the Swifties slandered & smeared consistently. The accurate allegations mentioned above are either completely ignored, blatantly distorted or dismissed out of hand. And the MSM fails to provide any credible evidence to support their baseless assertions that the Swifties have been discredited.
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