Chris Wallace, host of Fox News Sunday, in an interview with former vice president Dick Cheney served up a question on the media that the former veep should have hit out of the park but instead he hit the equivalent of a pop fly.

Wallace: Do you think there is a liberal bias in the mainstream media?

Cheney: Oh, I think there probably is, but I don’t spend a lot of time worrying about it. I think those of us right thinking conservatives find that there are a lot of outlets out there now, the media, on the internet that give us an ample opportunity for our points of view to get across and to be heard.

Wallace had just shown Cheney a clip in which, after his interview with Matt Lauer of the Today Show, the camera zeroed in on a sign held by a protestor outside the studio that said to investigate Cheney. This was totally unnecessary and could have been avoided.

If there is anyone who should know about liberal media bias it is Cheney, who was attacked mercilessly by the media during his eight years as vice president. But now that he is out of office, he seems to have mellowed on this point.

Cheney could have mentioned the overt media bias that helped Barack Obama get elected as President in 2008, or the more recent vicious attacks on the Tea Party, as examples of such bias, but for some reason chose not to.

The battle is far from over regarding liberal media bias. A refusal to acknowledge it will only lead to a repeat of what this country has suffered through for the last two-and-a-half years.  Dick Cheney must know that.

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4 Comments for Former VP Dick Cheney Pooh-Pooh’s Liberal Media Bias

NEANDERTHAL

What a maroon.
Cheney talks a good game most of the time, but I don’t trust him an inch. I think his integrity is a mere hypothesis, and this sort of naivete` or disinterest is just frosting on the cake. It indicates to me his connection with the real world is tenuous on a good day.
Maybe all those draft deferments interfered with his learnin’ at University!
And missing Basic Combat Training apparently had a negative effect on his marksmanship.

nrgreenfield

I think Cheney answered the question the right way. We all know the extent of the media’s overwhelming bias. We need not embellish its effects or use it as an excuse. In fact, that we do as well as we do in the face of it, is quite amazing.

How many voter percentage points does the media control? This is like the question about how many divisions does the Pope have. It matters little because it is what it is and Cheney was elected and sustained in spite of their power. Hopefully we continue to make inroads on that bias with each coming election.

AIM at one point was one of the few sources of light, but now there are others and our numbers are growing. Not all perfect, not all quite on the same wave length, but no longer arrayed alone against the monolith of the 90′s and before. We need more Cheneys not less and his critics need not be supported on the right. They have enough power, but thankfully not as much as they once had.

Zoomy7

Neanderthal and I never did see eye to eye regarding Cheney. I never believed he was as untruthful as many thought. I think you can debate his actions, but I seemed to believe he was sincere. Naive? I don’t think so.

Brian

Cheney has a book to sell so being critical of the leftist media establishment would be bad for biz. Also Cheney no doubt supports the media’ current obsession of promoting of homosexuality.