Fact: Media Trashes McCain

Howard Kurtz, who watches media at the Washington Post, has the latest on media bias from the Project for Excellence in Journalism. Post-convention coverage of McCain is 57% negative to 14% positive, a ratio of 4:1 negative. For Obama, the figures are 29% negative, 36% positive, a 4:5, negative/positive ratio. The McCain-Obama differential has grown since the Wall Street meltdown to 5:1 negative stories on McCain, 5:1 positive for Obama. Kurtz adds, in an editorial comment, it was McCain who said, "the fundamentals of our economy are strong."