What Left-Wing Bias?

Salon.com - Daou Report:

"So here's my challenge to rightwing bloggers who assail the media for liberal bias (and to journalists who think it's all a he-said-she-said pissing match): Back up your claims. With concrete examples of bias. And without the tautological crutch that any story critical of the administration is proof of liberal bias.

I'll back up mine:

++ ISSUE: Cheney shooting incident --- NARRATIVE: Bush and Cheney are infallible --- EXAMPLE: ABC News covered the Cheney hunting incident by downplaying the significance of the weapon itself. ABC reported that 'the vice president accidentally shot prominent Texas lawyer Harry Whittington with a pellet gun while hunting for quail.' Cheney used a shotgun, not a pellet gun. ABC later altered the story to read, 'a shotgun loaded with birdshot.' (Which is why we maintain screenshots of all print stories we reference.) This exemplifies a common tendency of the media, namely, to play defense for Bush and his team, downplaying negative news or polls."

Daou has more at the link.