Headline Bias
While I’m at talking about the auto industry, how about the following headline from MNSBC.com:
Republicans to Detroit: Drop dead
Biased? Read the article yourself and see if that’s what the Republicans in question were saying.
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Bias in the media? Media bias against Republicans? That’s a trick question, right?
I don’t care if it is biased – the republicans are right on this one and they should stand by what they are saying.