Proof of Media Bias on display for CA Vote?

Ed F Bias — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:58:32 +0000

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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Proof of Media Bias on display for CA Vote?