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Proof of Media Bias on display for CA Vote?

The CA voters (those same voters that voted for Obama 61%/37%) have voted down tax increases by about the same margin. Good news (sorry Mr. Powell, Americans do not want more taxes).

So with such a resounding defeat where did the voters get that opinion? Unlikley from their local newpapers.

Proposition: 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F
San Francisco Chronicle Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Santa Rosa Press Democrat Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Los Angeles Times Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sacramento Bee Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
San Francisco Bay Guardian No No No No No No
San Diego Union-Tribune No No No No No No
Riverside Press-Enterprise Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
Los Angeles Daily News Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
San Jose Mercury News Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Orange County Register No No No No No No

The fact that most of them referred to these tax increases and questionable budgeting maneuvers as “budget-balancing measures” might add a bit of insight into their bias.

In Summary:
60% of the CA electorate… an strong Obama electorate…voted against tax increases to balance the budget. The media in California overwhelmingly supported the measures. So it would not be a stretch to say that the newspapers in California are more liberal then population as a whole; more liberal then the population of one of the most liberal states in the union.

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