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| Russell Greim is a senior business major and writes 'The Temporal Front' for the Daily News. His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. |
When I started writing for the Daily News, it for only one reason: To counter the blatant liberal bias being written in America.
On the balance, I have long considered the media at Ball State to be relatively neutral. I know that every reporter has a tendency to strive for greatness, looking to be the next Don Yaeger, which often leads to the exaggeration of unimportant stories.
Overall, however, I've always felt the Daily News to be impartial and unbiased.
Recently this has changed. In the last three months, I have seen more selective reporting on the part of the Daily News than I have ever seen before.
On Jan. 19, 2003, the Daily News managed to dispatch a reporter and a photographer to take pictures of a peace protest in Indianapolis around Monument Circle. At that protest, 600 people attended.
On Feb. 15, 2003, the Daily News dispatched a reporter and photographer to cover 50 people marching in Muncie.
On March 16, 2003, a reporter and photographer were dispatched to cover a candlelight vigil at Beneficence at which 100 people attended.
The Daily News did cover the troops support rally on March 1, 2003. However, no photos were taken and it was relegated to the right sidebar of the front page. One hundred and fifty people attended.
It is the things that haven't been covered that disturb me.
On Feb. 22, 2003, an estimated 600 people rallied in support of our troops and president in Indianapolis. The Daily News found it too much trouble to dispatch a reporter or photographer, so they ran the wire story on page 3.
On March 22, 2003, an estimated 20,000 people (more people than Ball State has students) attended a Rally for America in Fort Wayne.
Many Ball State Students attended, and on screen tributes were given to at least one Ball State student. It was, again, too much trouble for the Daily News to dispatch a reporter or photographer, so they ran the story about 20,000 people as a brief.
But it doesn't stop in Muncie. It extends nationwide as the national media seek to discredit America's support for its troops and its president.
Over the last few months, more than 100,000 people have joined national radio host Glenn Beck in supporting America's troops and its president.
The national media keep trying to sink its teeth into turning a patriotic event into a sinister plot because Glenn Beck works for Clear Channel Communications.
People who believe that these rallies are nothing more than a national conspiracy being fabricated by Glenn Beck and his Clear Channel handlers keep saying that this is Clear Channel's way of passing legislation through the Congress by somehow using these rallies as a negotiating point.
I find it insulting and comedic at the same time; the media have largely ignored the fact that many of the peace protests are being put on by anti-American groups. However, because an employee of Clear Channel supports our troops and our president, that is newsworthy.
The funny thing is that Glenn has done rallies for stations owned by CBS, Federated Media, and other non-Clear Channel stations.
It doesn't matter that Americans have been supporting the rallies nationwide. All that matters is that they can be dismissed with the old "corporate conspiracy" line.
No liberal media indeed.
Write to Russell at rlg@temporalfront.com
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