A conservative media watchdog says the mainstream media has once again demonstrated its bias in the way it has given exhaustive coverage to the infidelity of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford.
Tim Graham, the director of media analysis at the Media Research Center (MRC), says if it were not for the death of Michael Jackson, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford would undoubtedly have received even more coverage than what the networks have given him to this point. Still Sanford has received a substantial amount of news time, and the MRC says reporters and anchors have taken every opportunity to mention that Sanford is a Republican. According to Graham, the networks would never give this much coverage to a Democratic governor in the same circumstances. "If you took a Democratic Sanford, a Democratic governor having one mistress, they would all yawn over that," he contends. "They would really not find that very interesting at all, and yet these people will find Republican mayors cheating as an interesting national story." According to Graham, the liberal media knows that many conservatives are not going to tolerate Sanford remaining in office. "They know that people like you and me are disgusted by a Mark Sanford -- and they know that that guy will be toast. And they know that adultery is not going to hurt a liberal," he adds. "When we discuss how the media behaves, we understand that the same people who are all making an enormous, big deal out of Mark Sanford thought that there was absolutely nothing wrong with what Bill Clinton did [while in office]." Graham calls it a clear double standard.
Tim Graham, the director of media analysis at the Media Research Center (MRC), says if it were not for the death of Michael Jackson, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford would undoubtedly have received even more coverage than what the networks have given him to this point. Still Sanford has received a substantial amount of news time, and the MRC says reporters and anchors have taken every opportunity to mention that Sanford is a Republican. According to Graham, the networks would never give this much coverage to a Democratic governor in the same circumstances. "If you took a Democratic Sanford, a Democratic governor having one mistress, they would all yawn over that," he contends. "They would really not find that very interesting at all, and yet these people will find Republican mayors cheating as an interesting national story." According to Graham, the liberal media knows that many conservatives are not going to tolerate Sanford remaining in office. "They know that people like you and me are disgusted by a Mark Sanford -- and they know that that guy will be toast. And they know that adultery is not going to hurt a liberal," he adds. "When we discuss how the media behaves, we understand that the same people who are all making an enormous, big deal out of Mark Sanford thought that there was absolutely nothing wrong with what Bill Clinton did [while in office]."
Graham calls it a clear double standard.
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