Media is soft on Bush, Conyers says.(John Conyers)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, June, 2005

Rep. John Conyers, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, charges that big media, especially cable news channels, are giving the Bush administration a free pass by focusing on celebrity news and other "trivial matters" rather than examining White House policies. Conyers bases his assertion on a new Congressional Research Service (CRS) survey of cable news' treatment of important or high-profile stories.

CRS gathers data at lawmakers' request to help them write bills or prepare for hearings. Conyers used the sampling to show that cable news outlets gave big play to some inconsequential stories while largely ignoring a lot of news casting Bush administration policies in a bad light. For instance, says CRS, April 28 revelations of a...

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