Fox New ism

Because conservatives/republicans read the newspaper, listen to talk radio, and watch news programs on tv more than democrats/liberals, our news providers have begun slanting the 'headlines' and leads of their stories to be more bias against democrats/liberals. This doesn't mean the bodies of these stories are right leaning though, what gives. News outlets like; The New York Times, CNN, Politico etc. have started headlining stories with negative leads about Democrats and the Obama Administration, red meat for the right.
You will see a headlines like: 'Obama's poll numbers sinking; America abandoning the President'. Obama fans and conservatives click on the link or tune in the radio and Obama's poll number's have dropped like 2 points. The writer of the story talks about how the President's numbers are still strong and 'really' most Americans are still behind him. But at the end of the piece they will quote one conservative who agrees with the headline premis and -there-they have their negative Obama headline story. No problem that 97% of the story is totally opposite of the headline.
Gloria Borger a CNN political analyst displays this type of reporting on the CNN website today. The headline reads: 'Republicans show signs of life', but when you click the link, she doesn't speak about Republican or 'signs of life' she's talking about Sotomayer and dodging questions during her hearings, what's that all about ? The press have found that they get more hits, sell more papers and attract more evening news viewers if they make the headline positive about conservatives or negative about Obama or Democrats, remember conservative read and follow the news more than liberals, it only makes sense.
I understand, everybody has to eat at these places, but what happened to the Walter Cronkite wing of the reporting business. When the NY Times starts playing these games, it seems that all is lost in the 'mainstream' reporting world. We are entering the era of Fox New ism. It's sad, the lengths these supposedly reputable news services will go to get a page view.

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