The Corner

Who’s Fair & Balanced?

The Center for Media and Public Affairs latest assessment of network campaign coverage is out. The findings? The major networks all tilt anti-Bush in their coverage, but ABC is the worst. From Sept. 7 to Oct. 1, the networks cave positive coverage of John Kerry 38 percent of the time, but positive coverage of Bush only 29 percent of the time. ABC’s pro-Bush coverage was the lowest at 20 percent. CMPA finds Fox’s “Special Report” tilts a little toward Bush, but is more balanced in its coverage than the networks.

Jonathan H. Adler is the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. His books include Business and the Roberts Court and Marijuana Federalism: Uncle Sam and Mary Jane.
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