Columnist: 'Exhibit A of media bias'

In light of the demotion of far-left ideologues Chris Matthews and Keith Olberman over at MSNBC, take a look at a recent column by L. Brent Bozell III, president of the Media Research Center.

Bozell says the nomination of Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate exposed once-and-for-all the liberal bias in the mainstream media. Caught completely off-guard by Palin, the far left media attacked her immediately.

From Bozell's column:

Liberals find no joy when Republicans select women or minorities for top positions. They are all fraudulent traitors to their own apparent group interests. Conservative blacks aren't really black. Conservative Latinos aren't really Latino. Now, conservative women are somehow not really women.

Newsweek's Eleanor Clift spoke for her colleagues on the Palin selection: "If the media reaction is anything, it's been literally laughter in many places ... . In very, very many newsrooms."

This principle -- that hell hath no fury like a liberal who's been insulted by a conservative not sticking to white male appointments -- explains why President Bush successfully placed two white men on the Supreme Court. Only picking Harriet Miers was outrageous (although her capacity for the job was clearly an issue). Bush saw how upset the Left became when Clarence Thomas was nominated. John McCain could have played safe. He chose to mix things up and pick a woman who matched his tendency to mix things up.

That decision led inexorably to a big, fat Exhibit A of media bias.

Read the full column, "Palin strikes a liberal nerve," here.