Media bias denial is a standard corporate practice, even in courts of law. Variety writer Todd Spangler reported that Skydance and Paramount said a petition by the Center for American Rights, a conservative public-interest law firm, made “baseless claims” in its petition to the FCC seeking to add conditions to the agency’s transfer of CBS station licenses to the newly merged partnership.
The Center filed an objection in December citing CBS’s “track record of ideological bias and news manipulation” and alleged CBS “has apparently engaged in illegal racial quotas for its hiring.”
Variety called the track record of CBS News bias “supposed.” Isn’t it funny when objective phrasing is used about a lack of objectivity? In the fall campaign, CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell routinely uncorked editorials in favor of the Democrat spin.
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