Media Bias?

Original: May 1, 2007
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No matter which side of the aisle you sit on, someone in your camp has, and will again make an argument that the media is biased – for the other guys. You decide:

The Pew Research Center released a survey last week that indicated 31 percent of Americans know who the current Vice President is. The same survey showed only 37 percent of Americans are aware that the Chief Justice is conservative, 79 percent could not name Robert Gates as the Secretary of Defense and less than half knew Nancy Pelosi is the House Speaker.

Also last week, a Washington Post – ABC News poll indicated that a full two thirds of Americans see political motivations behind last year's firings of eight chief federal prosecutors.

Are these the same politically – savvy Americans who didn't know who the Vice President was? Are we to believe that the same people who don't know who the SecDef is have done enough research and paid close enough attention to come to an informed decision about the U.S. Attorney firings?