Want an example of biased media reporting on intelligence issues?
Consider the divergent coverage of this week’s House Intelligence Committee report on Trump collusion, and the Senate Intelligence Committee’s 2014 report on the CIA’s interrogation program.
In both cases, the reports were compiled by the majority party without the support of even one member of the minority party. In the case of the 2014 Senate report, Democrats were the majority. In the case of this week’s House report, Republicans are the majority.
Considering the media’s reporting, it seems clear that partisan Democratic reports have more credibility than their Republican counterparts. Note that even where the 2018 reporting title is somewhat accurate, it also includes a specific reference to the partisan nature of the report that was not present in the 2014 coverage.
First off, the BBC.
In 2014…
In 2018…
Next, CNN. On the Democratic report in 2014 …
The Republican report in 2018 …
Huff Post in 2014?
2018?
NBC News in 2014…
in 2018…
New York Daily News in 2014 …
In 2018 …
New Yorker in 2014? It’s torture!
2018? It’s funny!
Newsweek in 2014.
Newsweek in 2018.
Finally, there’s The Week in 2014.
And The Week in 2018.
As I’ve noted, the House Intelligence Commitee is unfit for purpose under its present leadership. Still, these reporting differentials are truly ridiculous and speak to a reflexive bias on the part of too many journalists.
