Democrats are not only favored in the tone of the coverage. They get more coverage period. This is particularly evident on morning news shows, which “produced almost twice as many stories (51% to 27%) focused on Democratic candidates than on Republicans.”
The most flagrant bias, however, was found in newspapers. In reviewing front-page coverage in 11 newspapers, the study found the tone positive in nearly six times as many stories about Democrats as it was negative.
And what right-wing group did this survey? The Project for Excellence in Journalism and Harvard’s Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. As Investor’s Business Daily noted today, Even Harvard Finds The Media Biased
Hat Tip: Instapundit, who went with the headline, Dog Bites Man
UPDATE: Bruce at QandO has more, much more.