Media Research Center Smackdown!

If there is anyone who still believes the "Liberal Media" canard, a quick read of this week's Media Research Center's Cyberalert will bring him or her back to reality. It's an incredible display of intellectual dishonesty, posing as a list of . We have:

Two instances when questions are misrepresented as statements of the questioner's opinion;

One instance where a reporter is criticized for accurately quoting an Iraqi citizen;

One instance where a pro-Saddam quote -- by Saddam -- is characterized as an anchor's personal opinion;

One instance where an answer to a host's question is represented, without proof, as something the host "didn't want to hear;"

One instance where a reporter questions an unsupported claim, and proposes an equally valid alternative explanation;

One instance where a network "hides" poll results by posting them on its website;

One instance where MRC misrepresents what someone said about MRC;

And Brit Hume bashing Helen Thomas.

Nine items and not a single valid claim of liberal media bias. In fact, the only valid example of media bias in the whole list is the wingnut bile of crazy, hateful Uncle Brit.