Is there Media Bias?

If you are someone who is following the current scandal with the Illinois governor have you noticed that none of the major media outlets are stating that he is a Democrat? Why is this? Could I be detecting a little bias from the media here. Here is a story from the NY Times which backs up my claims. The link is http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/11/us/politics/11illinois.html?ref=todayspaper . Another link that backs my point of view is http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081211/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_analysis .

My main point in all of this is that if this had been a Republican official that was under fire the term Republican would have been mentioned throughout the story and would have been included in the headline to the news story. To prove my point I will use some of the recent media attention that has been directed to Senator Ted Stevens from Alaska regarding a scandal that he was involved in. The links are as follows http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/29/politics/main4303372.shtml and http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE4AC8E320081113 .

Obviously in this nation there are two standards when it comes to those who fall into trouble. If you are a Democrat the media will support you and try to protect your reputation. If you are a Republican you will be examined so very closely that privacy may become an issue. What we need to see happen is a media that is balanced and willing to put all groups under the same microscope. This was the intention of the founders of our nation and the purpose that media inherited from the time of the creation of our nation until the recent times that we now live in. I hope and pray that the "new media" people like myself and the Rush Limbaugh's will continue to be able to exercise our views in the public marketplace of ideas. Because from what I have shown today the world is in need of people like myself. For if the salt has lost its saltiness than it is good for nothing but to be thrown out. And the world we live in today needs the "salt" of truth to keep the rot we are smelling from overwhelming us. So let us be Salt to this generation that needs its so very much in this crucial hour.