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| − | '''Media bullying''' is aggressive [[bias]] by the [[media]] in the attempt to influence a candidate, a politician, an institution, or even sports contestants. | + | '''Media bullying''' is aggressive [[bias]] by the [[media]] in the attempt to influence a candidate, a politician, an institution, or even sports contestants. In some cases, the victim's opponents use the media in a calculated fashion to frame an issue in a light unfavorable to the victim. |
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| | Examples of '''media bullying''' include: | | Examples of '''media bullying''' include: |
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| − | * caused [[RINO]]s to cancel the first 36 hours of the [[Republican National Convention]] in August 2012, an unprecedented capitulation, lest the media blame Republicans for supposedly being indifferent to a hurricane's (relatively modest) effects | + | * caused [[RINO]]s to cancel the first 36 hours of the [[Republican National Convention]] in August 2012, an unprecedented capitulation, lest the media blame Republicans for supposedly being indifferent to a hurricane's (relatively modest) forecasted effects |
| | * trying to force [[conservative]] [[Todd Akin]] to pull out of the key [[U.S. Senate]] race in [[Missouri]] in August 2012 | | * trying to force [[conservative]] [[Todd Akin]] to pull out of the key [[U.S. Senate]] race in [[Missouri]] in August 2012 |
| | * trying to force [[Hillary Clinton]] to pull out of the [[Democratic]] primary in 2008 | | * trying to force [[Hillary Clinton]] to pull out of the [[Democratic]] primary in 2008 |
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| | * sex abuse in [[public schools]] is worse than in religious institutions, yet the media constantly bullies religious (especially [[Catholic]]) officials about it | | * sex abuse in [[public schools]] is worse than in religious institutions, yet the media constantly bullies religious (especially [[Catholic]]) officials about it |
| | * the media bullies the competitors of [[Tiger Woods]] in every major golf contest | | * the media bullies the competitors of [[Tiger Woods]] in every major golf contest |
| − | * the media bullies [[Paris Hilton]] as dumb, but she's no dumber than other [[Hollywood]] figures | + | * the media portrays [[Paris Hilton]] as dumb, but she's no dumber than other [[Hollywood]] figures |
| | * the media bullied airships into terminating service by creating an unjustified hysteria based on the [[Hindenburg]] accident | | * the media bullied airships into terminating service by creating an unjustified hysteria based on the [[Hindenburg]] accident |
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