Media Bias Saved America?

Philadelphia Daily News senior writer Will Bunch first tried to argue that the media are not really biased, just accurate in pointing out the sleazy negativity of John McCain and the know-nothingness of Sarah Palin. But he ended by merely proclaiming that this so-called media bias "may just have saved America." Objectivity is for cowards:

But for eight years now, there’s been an out-of-control fire raging outside of the sacred sanctuary of the Temple of Objective Journalism – a fire that was built upon the USA Patriot Act and Guantanamo and rendition and torture and signing statements and 16 words in a State of the Union Address. Ultimately, saving the last fabric of democracy is more important than worrying about what commandments of journalism were stepped on while the blaze was finally extinguished.

[translation: it's ok in our case because we're right]

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