Bias ? What Bias?

"Of course the media is not obligated to treat all scandalous comments equally. Coverage often depends on the reaction to the comments. By that standard, however, it seems fair to believe that the public is more sensitive to a U.S. senator's slander of American troops, than it is to Mr. Rove's comparison of liberals and conservatives. A Pew Research Center for the People and Press study found that "the percentage [of Americans] saying press criticism weakens American defenses has been increasing in recent years and now stands at its highest point [since] 1985 [47 percent]."
And it's been known for a while that public opinion is turning against the media. Editor and Publisher cited a Gallup survey earlier this month which found that "public trust in newspapers and television news continued to decline ... in the United States, reaching an all-time low this year." What's surprising is that the establishment media seems intent on doing nothing about it"