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The notion of the mainstream press being biased towards the left wing was debunked thoroughly more than a decade aga, and nobody in the USA takes that claim seriously outside diehard Faux News wingnuts. The tiny grain of truth behind that 1980s claim is that working reporters tend to skew liberal in their personal views, but the larger point is that the people who fund their pay cheques (management) skew heavily to the right, and the coverage follows the Golden Rule. (He who has the gold, makes the rules.)
Pretty much on the ball. Of course, in this discussion what is often forgotten is that the ABC actually slightly favours the Coalition. Report here: http://www.theage.com.au/business/study-finds-abc-bias-leans-towards-coaliti... Full article here: http://andrewleigh.org/pdf/MediaSlant.pdf -- Lev Lafayette, mobile: 61 432 255 208 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt