Still More Media Bias

The Media Research Center offers yet another example of media bias :"14,000 Dow; ABC: 'There's a Good Deal of Worrisome Economic News'. Repeating the downbeat spin employed when the Dow Jones Industrials passed 13,000 in late April and ABC's reporter warned 'we're actually overdue for a correction,' less than three months later when the Dow closed over 14,000, ABC's World News put the news into a 'yes, but' framework. Fill-anchor Elizabeth Vargas on Thursday night led with the record high close, but fretted that 'there's a good deal of worrisome economic news these days -- from sky-high gas prices to America's gaping trade deficit' and 'yet' she marveled, 'the market keeps marching on.' Reporter John Berman began by emphasizing that though 'the Dow went from 13 to 14,000 in just 3 months,' this occurred 'despite those serious jitters about the U.S. economy: $3 gas, a major housing slump -- a drag on the U.S. economy.'" It seems that the mainstream media continues to downplay any good news occuring during the Bush Administration.