{"id":1791,"date":"2009-03-24T19:13:27","date_gmt":"2009-03-24T23:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1791"},"modified":"2011-09-05T08:02:09","modified_gmt":"2011-09-05T12:02:09","slug":"media-bias-what-media-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/24\/media-bias-what-media-bias\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Bias, What Media Bias???"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mike over at Flopping Aces points out striking visual evidence of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.floppingaces.net\/2009\/03\/24\/media-covers-acorn-rent-a-mob-in-aig-protest-mostly-ignores-thousands-at-tea-party-protests\/comment-page-1\/#comment-183223\" target=\"_blank\">media bias<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/sdfgdftf.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1792\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"Media Bias\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/sdfgdftf-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"Media Bias\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/sdfgdftf.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/sdfgdftf.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/sdfgdftf.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Mark Dziubek of Southington Conn. steps off a bus in Fairfield Conn. on Saturday March 21, 2009 as members of the media wait outside at a AIG executive\u2019s home. A busload of activists outnumbered 2-to-1 by reporters and photographers are paying visits to the homes of American International Group Inc. executives in Connecticut to protest tens of millions of dollars in bonuses awarded by the company.<\/p>\n<p>Today we learn that the group which organized and paid for the bus tour is nothing but a front for ACORN, the infamous voter fraud group whose most famous \u201ccommunity organizer\u201d is none other than President Obama.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you&#8217;re still unconvinced that media bias exists consider this: At the same time as that ACORN\/Working Families Party media circus, where reporters outnumbered protesters was going on in Fairfield roughly 300 concerned citizens were protesting out of control government spending at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/21\/scenes-from-the-rebellion-ridgefield-tea-party\/\">Ridgefield Tea Party<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I was there, I counted TWO (2) reporters. One from the Ridgefield Press and one from the News Times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.floppingaces.net\/2009\/03\/21\/acorns-working-family-party-organizes-bus-tour-of-aig-exec-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\">AIG \u201cdistraction\u201d descends into mob mentality as ACORN\u2019s \u201cWorking Family Party\u201d organizes bus tour of AIG exec homes<\/a> &#8211; Flopping Aces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike over at Flopping Aces points out striking visual evidence of media bias: Mark Dziubek of Southington Conn. steps off a bus in Fairfield Conn. on Saturday March 21, 2009 as members of the media wait outside at a AIG executive\u2019s home. A busload of activists outnumbered 2-to-1 by reporters and photographers are paying visits [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19,7],"tags":[167,209,543,260,527,494],"class_list":{"0":"post-1791","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-media","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-acorn","9":"tag-connecticut","10":"tag-fairfield","11":"tag-media-bias","12":"tag-ridgefield","13":"tag-tea-party","14":"entry","15":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-sT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":736,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/10\/connecticut-supreme-court-rules-gay-couples-can-marry\/","url_meta":{"origin":1791,"position":0},"title":"Connecticut Supreme Court Rules Gay Couples Can Marry","author":"Jeff","date":"October 10, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that gay couples have the right marry. 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