By Jamie Weinstein, senior editor
January 30, 2013
By tarring conservatives as racist during the 2012 presidential campaign, MSNBC essentially mounted a voter suppression campaign, says the author of a new book on media bias.
Some of the quotes I have in Spin Masters you might remember them if you watch a lot of MSNBC still make me cringe, David Freddoso, author of the recently released book Spin Masters: How the Media Ignored the Real News and Helped Reelect Barack Obama, told The Daily Caller.
For example, Chris Matthews asserting that conservatives were giving Romney a long leash (ideologically speaking) because they are racists, I mean, come on what kind of political commentary is that? That was essentially a voter suppression campaign, to tar conservatism and shame conservatives out of participating in politics.
Despite egregious examples like that, Freddoso said most of the anti-Republican bias in the media was not intentional, but rather the product of the liberal bubble world in which most journalists live especially in New York and Washington.
When youre a liberal, and 90 percent of your colleagues are liberals, and the only exposure you have to conservative thought is perhaps a few cranky Internet commenters or people who dog you on Twitter, it skews your perception of political opinions of whats mainstream and of what real people think about, he said...
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MSNBC 'essentially' ran 'a voter suppression campaign' against GOP during 2012 presidential election, says author | The Daily Caller
January 30, 2013
By tarring conservatives as racist during the 2012 presidential campaign, MSNBC essentially mounted a voter suppression campaign, says the author of a new book on media bias.
Some of the quotes I have in Spin Masters you might remember them if you watch a lot of MSNBC still make me cringe, David Freddoso, author of the recently released book Spin Masters: How the Media Ignored the Real News and Helped Reelect Barack Obama, told The Daily Caller.
For example, Chris Matthews asserting that conservatives were giving Romney a long leash (ideologically speaking) because they are racists, I mean, come on what kind of political commentary is that? That was essentially a voter suppression campaign, to tar conservatism and shame conservatives out of participating in politics.
Despite egregious examples like that, Freddoso said most of the anti-Republican bias in the media was not intentional, but rather the product of the liberal bubble world in which most journalists live especially in New York and Washington.
When youre a liberal, and 90 percent of your colleagues are liberals, and the only exposure you have to conservative thought is perhaps a few cranky Internet commenters or people who dog you on Twitter, it skews your perception of political opinions of whats mainstream and of what real people think about, he said...
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MSNBC 'essentially' ran 'a voter suppression campaign' against GOP during 2012 presidential election, says author | The Daily Caller