>>>>>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081503100.html?sub=AR
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>>>>More accurately, the Washington Post ombudsman stated her opinion that the number of stories about Obama and McCain should be more even. The paper didn't "admit" anything. Such an admission would come only from the publisher or the editor.
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>>>>I wonder if she thinks it was unfair that there were so many more news stories about Michael Phelps than about his competitors? They were competing for the same thing, after all.
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>>>>To me a flaw of the so-called equal time doctrine is that it ignores the fact that some things are simply more interesting than others. I really don't think the news media is trying to get Obama elected. Their coverage simply acknowledges that his campaign is more interesting and more historic.
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>>>And reinforces the fact that the news media is not reporting the news, but rather providing entertainment...
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>>I disagree. They're reporting the news. There is just more of it on one side than the other.
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>And you know this how? Based on the news reported?

Omniscience ;-)