No media bias here: Conservatives talking with ABC journalist now considered a “debate”
July 1st, 2009 by Rightwing Czar at 6:01 pmThe guys over at Newsbusters noticed something interesting today. Apparently, when conservatives are featured in a segment on ABC discussing a topic with one of the networks own experts, that segment becomes a debate:
ABC medical expert Dr. Tim Johnson, a fervent fan of universal health care, actually talked to the other side on Wednesday, featuring Newt Gingrich for what an onscreen graphic labeled a “debate” on the merits of a government-run program. It might seem odd for the network to tag a segment of a conservative talking to one of its journalists as a debate, but Johnson is certainly a partisan on this issue.
Yeah. Odd indeed. Usually networks like ABC want you to believe that their reporters and analysts are objective. At least now they’re admitting that they’re a bunch of partisan hacks who have never even tried to give conservatives the dignity of objective coverage.