>>How would you know what they choose not to cover?
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>>Mike, that one is a complete no-brainer. Here's a partial list of topics where it's obvious when many of the major media outlets give a free pass:
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>>- The corruption regarding "ClimateGate"....the European and Japanese press have been very critical (and rightly so) of the U.S. media largely puff-balling this issue.
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>>- Iran's actions towards the Iraqis and towards American servicemen in the middle east
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>>- Obama's attempts to use $$$ recouped from TARP for a 2nd stimulus - which would violate FEDERAL LAW
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>>- The stern warning from Moody’s Investor Service about U.S. credit rating (driven measurably by their reaction to Obama's bankruptcy budget and his bank tax proposal)
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>Add these to your list:
>http://judaism.about.com/library/1_terrorism/bl_mediabias_b.htm
>http://press-freedom.suite101.com/article.cfm/independent_news_and_media
>http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119173125/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
>http://www.akdart.com/med6.html
>http://rhetorica.net/bias.htm
>and just one of the many books on it:
>http://books.google.com/books?id=GHIQimmDvbcC&dq=examples+of+biased+media+coverage&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&ei=uS-VS9-UMo20tgf0kuT-Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=12&ved=0CCgQ6AEwCw#v=onepage&q=&f=false
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>If I could give my personal experiences, I would, but sadly I cannot.
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>(updated)
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>This is one of my recent favorites on media bias by omission (regarding Mike's own favorite NYTimes):
>http://vocalminority.typepad.com/blog/2010/02/liberal-media-bias-two-instances-of-bias-by-omission-by-the-ny-times.html
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>The only few I could find were by John Tierney or blogs and reader comments.

That isn't some wacko opinion unique to me. The Times is generally considered the best newspaper in the world.