{"id":29022,"date":"2012-08-07T15:34:34","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T21:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/07\/liberal-media-bias-for-the-election-apparently-not.html"},"modified":"2012-08-14T09:27:59","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T15:27:59","slug":"liberal-media-bias-for-the-election-apparently-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/07\/liberal-media-bias-for-the-election-apparently-not.html","title":{"rendered":"Liberal media bias for the election? Apparently not"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In fact, the analysis done indicated that the major media tend to be biased in their coverage toward Romney.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.4thEstate.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F08%2Fliberal-media-bias-fact-or-fiction.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.4thestate.net\/liberal-media-bias\/'>Liberal Media Bias: Fact or Fiction ? | 4thEstate.net<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOur data does not support the thesis of a liberal media bias as it relates to Election 2012 coverage. If anything, our analysis suggests a media bias towards both Mitt Romney and Republicans. There ar&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/QscuPtKpVRM' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In fact, the analysis done indicated that the major media tend to be biased in their coverage toward Romney. Embedded Link Liberal Media Bias: Fact or Fiction ? | 4thEstate.net Our data does not support the thesis of a liberal media bias as it relates to Election 2012 coverage. If anything, our analysis suggests a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/07\/liberal-media-bias-for-the-election-apparently-not.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Liberal media bias for the election? 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