Dems feel dissed by cable news nets: Congressional leaders charge that White House getting preferential treatment. (Washington).(Congressional Democratic leaders claim media bias)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Broadcasting & Cable, April, 2002 by Albiniak, Paige

Congressional Democratic leaders are complaining to the cable news networks that their coverage of politics is biased in favor of the White House. "In the last few months, Democratic leaders have held dozens and dozens of press events, but received extremely little coverage from cable news channels," wrote Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (DS.D.) and House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt CD-Mo.) in a letter to CNN's Walter Isaacson, Fox News Channel's Roger Ailes and MSNBC's Erik Sorenson.

"The White House, meanwhile, has received an extraordinary level of attention and coverage of their events." To back up their criticisms, Daschle and Gephardt cited studies that counted CNN's running 157 live events featuring officials from the Bush...

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