Liberal Media Bias?

Browsing the transcript of the October 17, 2000 debate between Vice-President Gore and Gov. George Bush, I stumbled across this interesting exchange:

VICE PRESIDENT GORE: -- how are the checks going to be -- how are you going to keep faith with the seniors? Now let me come -- let me come directly to your question --

MR. LEHRER: No, I think we're -- we have to go to the closing statements, and --

GOV. BUSH: Well, can I answer that?

MR. LEHRER: Sure.

Interesting, eh? Gore asks liberal moderator Jim Lehrer for time to answer a question, and liberal moderator Jim Lehrer turns him down cold. Sorry, out of time.

Conservative, George Bush, then asks for time to answer the question, and "liberal" Lehrer responds, "Sure."

Somehow this picture isn't adding up. If PBS and Jim Lehrer are liberal, why does Gore get stiffed while Bush is accommodated? Someone help me out here.

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NPR Leans Right

Seems I'm not the only one who's noticed NPR's sharp lean to the right. Our good friends at Firedoglake Weblog have noticed too.

"You know, something is seriously wrong at "All Things Considered". It appears that whoever makes the decisions about who to have on for commentary is one of the last ten people in America who read NRO's "The Corner" and take it seriously. Within the last six months, we've heard essays from Dinesh D'Souza, Jonah Goldberg, Rich Lowry, and the lamentably stupid "Mr. Crunchy Con" Rod Dreher, but virtually nothing from liberals. At least nothing about politics. We did hear some effete gay guy from the Pacific northwest rhapsodizing lamely about Girl Scout Cookies the other day, and every now and then some hoary old academic will come on to ruminate thoughtfully about their garden or the squirrels that stalk their bird-feeder, but when it comes to Op Ed pieces about the state of affairs in Washington, it's all conservatives all the time."

So much for the myth about the "liberal media."

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