When visiting the FoxNews.com political news section (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/index.html), there was conflicting bias being shown.
Concerning article count, there were 6 news articles directly related to the two primary presidential candidates.
Four articles were describing events favoring Barack Obama.
Zero articles were describing events not favoring Barack Obama.
One article was describing events favoring John McCain.
One article was describing events not favoring John McCain.
The one video displaying both candidates was for an event, on Thursday October 16th, were both McCain and Obama took a break, from their campaignes, to test their comedic skills.
In terms of length, of coverage, John McCain was given approximately 73 seconds, of air time, while Obama was given approximately only 43 seconds.
One thing to note is that the preview, for the video clip, displays a very non-flattering portrait of Barack Obama.
Fox News 10/17/08:
Fox News, as it has shown, in the past, heavily favors Republican, versus Democratic, issues. While considering article count, Fox News seemed to favor Barack Obama, the Democratic Presidential Nominee, but considering the video clip, Fox News seemed to favor John McCain, the Republican Presidential Nominee.
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