Bilbray-Busby Coverage in The San Francisco Chronicle: What Media Bias?
A textbook example of “spin”
Zombietime reports:
On June 6, 2006, there was an election in California. One of the hotly contested seats was for the 50th Congressional District in northern San Diego county. Republican Brian Bilbray was running against Democrat Francine Busby. The race was closely watched by the media, and held up as the most likely race for a Democratic upset in a previously Republican district, since the former representative, Republican Randy “Duke” Cunningham, had been kicked out of office in a corruption scandal. Liberals were hoping to see a victory there that would give them momentum for the November elections.
So, readers in the San Francisco area woke up on the morning of June 7, and went to the website of the San Francisco Chronicle to see who won this important race.And this is what they saw:



If you were glancing at the paper like the casual common reader, can you guess who won? The S.F. Chronicle hopes you’ll take their hint.
Zombietime explains.
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