Undoubtedly, there are still folks who think the news media is nonpartisan, but such is next to impossible. Everyone has a bias.
It is impossible for any news media organization not to be biased. What is irksome is when the news media pretends to be unbiased. To its credit, one of our local papers, The Gainesville Times, is pretty much out front with its bias; you don’t have to read between the lines. Thus I got something of a laugh from this paragraph (this week’s top story).
Elections
November could have brought a notable election day for Prince William, but it didn’t. Fortunately, the state elections were more noteworthy. In Prince William, incumbents mostly swept through to re-election. Those who had competition, anyway. Residents will get a new supervisor in 2008: Democrat Frank Principi was elected in Woodbridge, filling the seat of Democrat Hilda Barg, who retired at the end of 2007. And Republican Delegate Michele McQuigg is a delegate no longer but is now the Circuit Court clerk, having beaten Democrat Bill Ryland and Independent Lucy Beauchamp in a three-way race. Beauchamp’s retirement as chairman of the school board left that seat open to Milt Johns, who vacated the Brentsville school board seat, which was claimed by Nokesville’s Gil Trenum. But it was on the state level that things got exciting. By the end of the night on Election Day, it was clear that Democrats had retaken the state Senate but had left the House firmly in the hands of Republicans as the 2008 General Assembly session approached. (from here)
