Bias ?
The Feb 28th issue of the Naples Daily News has
two articles lifted directly from USA Today.
Both articles show the political bias of the News. The first article, above the fold, is about
the Cohen testimony. It is an over half
page, 84 sq. inch article, that contains a 28 sq. inch picture of Cohen. The Cohen front page article contains such
words as ‘explosive testimony’ and ‘loaded with lurid details’. The Cohen article is continued on page 4 and
features a half page spread with a 37 sq. inch picture and 12 column inches of
print. The complete article contained
not one positive word directed at Trump.
The article made no mention of the racial slur directed at a republican
congressman by a democrat colleague.
In contrast the front page article about Trump and the nuclear
disarmament talks was 19 sq. inches in size, contained 2 ¼ column inches of
print, and a 3 ½ sq. inch picture of Trump and Kim. The headline contained the word ‘progress’ as a
“quote within a quote” which I am sure was meant to be sarcastic. The remainder of the article on page 5 did devote
a half page to the talks. The article
did contain two paragraphs that were slightly complementary to the progress
made but both contained the word, “but” which indicated the hoped-for result might
not happen.
Another indicator of the importance shown by the Naples
Daily News of any progress made on the nuclear summit talks was the fact that
there was 8 ½ inches of column space that were allotted on the front page to an
article about climate change. This was three times more than allotted to the Korean summit talks. Your readers deserve
better. Dal Wolf, Naples
