NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. media coverage of last year’s election was three times more likely to be negative toward President Bush than Democratic challenger John Kerry, according to a study released Monday….

June 21, 2007:

Biased Media Slams Bush Over New War, Foundering Economy, Puppy Slaying

Washington, Tuesday (FA wire) - An increasingly liberal-biased media once again slammed the President this week, singling him out in negative reporting about the war in Holland, the Depression, and last week’s puppy-killing incident.

“It’s outrageous,” said media analyst Doug Bautenpade. “But I’ll tell you something - the more the liberal elite media slam the President, the less credibility they have. People are learning not to rely on the news to find out what’s going on in the world.”

At issue was newspaper, television, and internet coverage of some of the larger events of the past months:

- On the invasion and occupation of the Netherlands, a recent study showed the media 70% more likely to point out American forces’ failure to find the feared “Dutch Death Ray” super-weapon than the benefits of liberating the Dutch people and the elimination of the International Criminal Court. Another study found news reports almost twice as likely to focus on the 400,000 civilian casualties in the Netherlands rather than the expected drop in tulip prices over the next decade.

- On the economic depression that has taken 7 million American jobs in the past 6 months, a study by the Center For Totally Non-Partisan Study has found that news organizations are five times more likely to “go negative on the economy.” “The media is devoted to harping on what’s wrong with the economy, never giving the other side - how much worse it would be without the President’s strong leadership,” said CTNPS Chairman Tom Ridge. The study also showed that news organizations seem to favor the Democrats’ explanation for the depression (the worldwide selloff of US currency due to the ballooning deficit) rather than the Republicans’ (a cyclical correction brought on by an infestation of the US Mint by evil money-eating gnomes). “It’s a clear case of ‘Blame Bush First,’” said Ridge.

- As for President Bush’s unexplained strangling of a schnauzer puppy on his Crawford ranch last week (which was captured by several news cameras), studies show the media once again seemed to cover only the negative aspects of the story. A Republican strategist summed up the situation: “This alleged ‘incident’ shows one thing very clearly - with its relentless partisanship, the media is digging its own grave at this point. Average Americans are learning that the only reliable source for what’s going on in government is the government itself. The liberal press have written themselves out of the story.”