Yet there are voices who have declared that MSNBC is in the tank for Sen. Obama. Clinton supporter Lanny Davis complained to conservative Tucker Carlson that Carlson's show was the only fair one on the network
LANNY DAVIS: I certainly read the polls that she's ahead in many states,
tied in many states, and the national gap is tightening. But these are two great
candidates and I'm not surprised. But I did want to start the show by thanking
you, Tucker. You're about the only show on MSNBC that consistently allows a
Clinton perspective to be expressed.
Liberal talk show host Ed Schultz blasted CNN for its Clinton bootlickery on his Feb. 5, 2007 show. Schultz complained that a Clinton supporter sent a question to CNN that was used for an interview with Obama. Schultz dismissed CNN as the "Clinton News Network" in the noon hour of his show.
In other media news that might make the heads of those at Media Matters explode, a non-partisan media research group recently declared Fox News to be the most substantive
The Fox Factor
Perhaps surprisingly, coverage of the candidates
on Fox News Channel’s “Special Report with Brit Hume” was very similar to that
of the broadcast networks. FOX’s coverage of Hillary Clinton was evenly balanced
– 50% positive and 50% negative comments, compared to 51% positive and 49%
negative on the “big three” networks. The tone of FOX’s coverage of Romney and
Obama was also within one percentage point of the broadcast
networks.
Instead, FOX stands out for having the heaviest and most
issue-oriented election coverage. The first half-hour of “Special Report”
has devoted 7 hours 52 minutes to election news since mid-December, an average
of over 11 minutes per night, nearly half the newscast after commercial breaks.
By contrast, the broadcast networks have averaged 5 hrs 8 min, or seven minutes
a night.
FOX was also twice as substantive as the broadcast networks. Almost
one-third of all stories on FOX (30%) dealt with policy issues, nearly double
the proportion (16%) on the networks. FOX also carried less coverage of the
horse race and candidate tactics than any of broadcast networks.
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