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| − | '''Media bullying''' is aggressive [[bias]] by the [[media]] in the attempt to influence a candidate, a politician, an institution, or even sports contestants. | + | '''Media bullying''' is aggressive [[bias]] by the [[media]] in the attempt to influence a candidate, a politician, an institution, or even sports contestants. In some cases, the victim's opponents use the media in a calculated fashion to frame an issue in a light unfavorable to the victim. |
Examples of '''media bullying''' include: | Examples of '''media bullying''' include: | ||
| − | * caused [[RINO]]s to cancel the first 36 hours of the [[Republican National Convention]] in August 2012, an unprecedented capitulation, lest the media blame Republicans for supposedly being indifferent to a hurricane's (relatively modest) effects | + | * caused [[RINO]]s to cancel the first 36 hours of the [[Republican National Convention]] in August 2012, an unprecedented capitulation, lest the media blame Republicans for supposedly being indifferent to a hurricane's (relatively modest) forecasted effects |
* trying to force [[conservative]] [[Todd Akin]] to pull out of the key [[U.S. Senate]] race in [[Missouri]] in August 2012 | * trying to force [[conservative]] [[Todd Akin]] to pull out of the key [[U.S. Senate]] race in [[Missouri]] in August 2012 | ||
* trying to force [[Hillary Clinton]] to pull out of the [[Democratic]] primary in 2008 | * trying to force [[Hillary Clinton]] to pull out of the [[Democratic]] primary in 2008 | ||
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* sex abuse in [[public schools]] is worse than in religious institutions, yet the media constantly bullies religious (especially [[Catholic]]) officials about it | * sex abuse in [[public schools]] is worse than in religious institutions, yet the media constantly bullies religious (especially [[Catholic]]) officials about it | ||
* the media bullies the competitors of [[Tiger Woods]] in every major golf contest | * the media bullies the competitors of [[Tiger Woods]] in every major golf contest | ||
| − | * the media | + | * the media portrays [[Paris Hilton]] as dumb, but she's no dumber than other [[Hollywood]] figures |
* the media bullied airships into terminating service by creating an unjustified hysteria based on the [[Hindenburg]] accident | * the media bullied airships into terminating service by creating an unjustified hysteria based on the [[Hindenburg]] accident | ||
[[category:media]] | [[category:media]] | ||
Revision as of 04:19, August 26, 2012
Media bullying is aggressive bias by the media in the attempt to influence a candidate, a politician, an institution, or even sports contestants. In some cases, the victim's opponents use the media in a calculated fashion to frame an issue in a light unfavorable to the victim.
Examples of media bullying include:
- caused RINOs to cancel the first 36 hours of the Republican National Convention in August 2012, an unprecedented capitulation, lest the media blame Republicans for supposedly being indifferent to a hurricane's (relatively modest) forecasted effects
- trying to force conservative Todd Akin to pull out of the key U.S. Senate race in Missouri in August 2012
- trying to force Hillary Clinton to pull out of the Democratic primary in 2008
- consistently holding Sarah Palin to an unfairly high standard while giving a pass to liberal candidates
- forcing Queen Elizabeth to give a special public eulogy for the media favorite Princess Diana, who had been estranged from the royal family
- imposing strict gun control in Britain and Australia by creating an hysteria from over-publicized and isolated incidents in the 1990s
- ridiculing Vice President Dan Quayle for his supposed gaffes, in contrast with downplaying gaffes by liberals
- forcing President Richard Nixon to resign for covering up a scandal, in contrast with defending President Bill Clinton's covering up a scandal
- sex abuse in public schools is worse than in religious institutions, yet the media constantly bullies religious (especially Catholic) officials about it
- the media bullies the competitors of Tiger Woods in every major golf contest
- the media portrays Paris Hilton as dumb, but she's no dumber than other Hollywood figures
- the media bullied airships into terminating service by creating an unjustified hysteria based on the Hindenburg accident