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8 months ago

in Some readers upset over our endorsement on The Editor's Blog
Anyone who had been reading your paper would not be surprised by your endorsement. Only a few days before, you had a picture of Barack Obama on the front page, above the fold, and a color picture of Michelle Obama on the first page of an inside section. A small, black-and-white picture of McCain's daughter, making a local campaign stop, was on the front page, below the fold.

During this election season, the media has been overwhelmingly favorable to Obama. This is seen most recently in comparing the press' response to comments made by each of the Vice Presidential candidates. While Biden has been given a free pass time and time again, Palin is dragged over the coals for every statement she makes.

While I don't begrudge your paper's endorsement of Obama, you had already tipped your hand. There was no reason to state your endorsement. Your favoritism was clear long ago.
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nashuatelegraph To clarify - during Sen Obama's most recent trip to NH the photo coverage at the top of the front page was not of him. It was of a crowd of people at his rally. There was a headshot of him from the rally below the fold on the front page.

During Sen McCain and Gov Palin's visits in the past two weeks both received nearly identical display at the top of the front page. Sen McCain's daughter was below the fold on front because she visited on the same day as Sen. Obama.

I am not making an argument as to coverage bias here as that interpretation is completely subjective in any case. But I think if you review the coverage of candidate visits the treatment has been very similar.

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Damon Kiesow
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