Surprisingly, no NEXT writers mentioned the fact that the U.S. found the first sign of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. An artillery shell that tested positive for sarin was found in a roadside bomb in Baghdad. I thought it would be interesting to sit back and see who would mention it first. Nobody did.
Not that this is a surprise. The media gave it little attention either. Surprising? Hardly. Most in the media have made it no secret that they are voting for John Kerry. Lou Dobbs practically endorses Kerry each night. The big three -- Peter Jennings, Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather -- are all liberals, whose "news" (aka, commentary) about Bush is less than pleasant every night.
MTV U, a television channel here at the UW, has literally had a field day about the Abu Gharib prison scandal, playing the same story again and again, but amazingly, not a word about weapons of mass destruction -- at least not since the shell has been found.
What really surprises me is Bush's ability to stay competitive with Kerry in the polls despite a nearly 24/7 barage of "Bush is evil" propaganda from the left and the all-too-willing-to-report media. Actually, it's amazing Republicans in general have had as much success as they have in recent years considering the plethora of mainstream media bias.
Here's Times columnist Collin Levey's piece about this same frustration.
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