After scrolling through all of the economic issues that seem to be everyone's top issues these past few weeks and days, I finally found the featured political articles. The Washington P
ost highlighted two articles that were counteractive to each other in theory. One was about Palin getting ready for the upcoming debates and the other was about Democrats being concerned that Biden would be...well...Biden. In what should be a fairly interesting match of personalities, the debate will be key in persuading people to either side of the political scene.
However, I found it interesting that in the article written about Palin, the author seemed to be poking more fun at her than actually telling how she will be getting ready for the debate and what issues are important. The article featured many mentions of the CBS interview with Katie Couric, which showed Palin's inexperience both of media shows as well as policy, and the Saturday Night Live spoofs of her failure to know much. Overall, it was a very negatively framed article, made to show people just how much experience and knowledge she might be lacking for the vice presidential nomination.
The article about Biden, however, highlighted his go-getting and harsh personality in debate situations and what democrats thought of it, of course with only one quote stating that it might not be a good thing. It's not in the articles themselves that you can see a bias toward the left, but it is clear when evaluating articles comparing the Democrats and Republicans where the paper's true bias lies. Biden, in the article, would be criticized for his roughness when discussing politics, but glosses over this by saying that it could easily throw Palin's rehearsed responses for a loop. either way, it's becoming more apparent as the campaign continues and the issues and time to the election creep closer where the Post's allegiances are.
ost highlighted two articles that were counteractive to each other in theory. One was about Palin getting ready for the upcoming debates and the other was about Democrats being concerned that Biden would be...well...Biden. In what should be a fairly interesting match of personalities, the debate will be key in persuading people to either side of the political scene.However, I found it interesting that in the article written about Palin, the author seemed to be poking more fun at her than actually telling how she will be getting ready for the debate and what issues are important. The article featured many mentions of the CBS interview with Katie Couric, which showed Palin's inexperience both of media shows as well as policy, and the Saturday Night Live spoofs of her failure to know much. Overall, it was a very negatively framed article, made to show people just how much experience and knowledge she might be lacking for the vice presidential nomination.
The article about Biden, however, highlighted his go-getting and harsh personality in debate situations and what democrats thought of it, of course with only one quote stating that it might not be a good thing. It's not in the articles themselves that you can see a bias toward the left, but it is clear when evaluating articles comparing the Democrats and Republicans where the paper's true bias lies. Biden, in the article, would be criticized for his roughness when discussing politics, but glosses over this by saying that it could easily throw Palin's rehearsed responses for a loop. either way, it's becoming more apparent as the campaign continues and the issues and time to the election creep closer where the Post's allegiances are.
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