ABC doesn't disclose that financial analyst is major Obama supporter
One of the many ways the so-called mainstream media slant their broadcasts to boost politicians or candidates they like--without appearing to be biased--is to give ten minutes of supposed "analysis" to a person said to be an expert in a particular area.
What they don't say is that the supposed expert is a major supporter of politician X.
That's what ABC did a couple of days ago when they invited "financial contributor" Mellody Hobson to blast rating agency Standard and Poor's for cutting the rating on U.S. debt. Hobson criticized S&P, claiming that "everything they do is suspect."
Message received. But ABC didn't disclose that Hobson was a major fund-raiser for Obama in 2008 and also in the current campaign.
Because if they'd made that full disclosure, roughly half their viewers might have been a great deal more skeptical of Hobson's blast.
Can't have that, can we?
What they don't say is that the supposed expert is a major supporter of politician X.
That's what ABC did a couple of days ago when they invited "financial contributor" Mellody Hobson to blast rating agency Standard and Poor's for cutting the rating on U.S. debt. Hobson criticized S&P, claiming that "everything they do is suspect."
Message received. But ABC didn't disclose that Hobson was a major fund-raiser for Obama in 2008 and also in the current campaign.
Because if they'd made that full disclosure, roughly half their viewers might have been a great deal more skeptical of Hobson's blast.
Can't have that, can we?
posted by SF at
9:12 AM
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