Think that the media are "fair and balanced" when it comes to reporting? That bias to the left is a myth?
BWAAAAHAHAHAHA!
Assuredly right-leaning journalists and stations are available. But the usual fare du jour is Life with a Left-ward Tilt.
Take this editorial today from the local rag, the Star Tribune. (Yes, I am ashamed to admit that I have not yet severed ties.) Entitled, "Truly Sacred/Honor the Constitution's Pledge" this editorial excoriates President Bush for his support of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
Now, I agree with the paper that this amendment is very wrong-headed. This is not the sort of issue that I believe warrants altering our Constitution. Furthermore, I agree with the paper that gays should be afforded this right.
Yet when reading "Truly Sacred," one is given the impression that Bush will be imprisoning gay people while John Kerry and John Edwards will be performing gay marriage rights. Well, not exactly. Kerry and Edwards aren't mentioned.
That is, however, my point. Why are they not mentioned? They, too, have stated that they are not in favor of gay marriage. So why doesn't the Strib state that they also wish to turn: "a brutal and fading prejudice into the law of the land?"
Nope. Brickbats for George Bush. Silence for the two Democrat candidates who hold almost the same position.
The double standard is alive and well in Minnesota.
But Peg, Kerry and Edwards aren't in favor of amending the Constitution.
Posted by: Keith Burgess-Jackson | Sunday, February 29, 2004 at 09:08 PM
I understand, Keith. But the Star Tribune castigates Bush not only for his position on the amendment, but also for his position about gay marriage.
Surely an even handed approach would be to mention the Democrats' position, too - and admonish them.
Perhaps, however, I am simply suffering from "Bad Bush, all the time" syndrome from my home town paper - and thus overreacting to THIS editorial in particular?
Posted by: peg K | Sunday, February 29, 2004 at 10:03 PM