The earliest primary and caucus states don’t yield very many delegates, but they get a huge amount of publicity, which is why the presidential campaigns put so much effort into them. The media know this, too, so their editorial decisions take on magnified importance when it comes to events such as Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary.
Since 2008, the NewsBusters archives shows the intensive political coverage has been a chance for journalists to take gratuitous potshots at conservative candidates, while liberals (often referred to as “moderates”) are treated to rock-star treatment. Here’s a quick re-cap of how the media elite have spun the four most recent New Hampshire primaries:
■ 2008: As with their coverage of the Iowa caucuses the previous week, the media elite were far more excited about the Democratic race between Barack Obama and Hillary…
