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| − | '''Media bullying''' is aggressive [[bias]] often employed by the liberal [[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. | + | '''Media bullying''' is aggressive [[bias]] often employed by the liberal [[media]] in the attempt to influence a candidate, a politician, an institution, and even sports contestants or private citizens. 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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| | + | * scaring a family saved by [[George Zimmerman]] from even saying thank you in public<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/US/family-rescued-george-zimmerman-fears-blow-back/story?id=19758908</ref><ref>http://www.mediaite.com/online/family-zimmerman-saved-wont-appear-with-him-in-public-dont-want-to-be-associated-with-george/</ref> |
| | * caused the Kansas board in charge of balloting to back down within 48 hours from its objection to the lack of proof of [[Obama]]'s citizenship | | * caused the Kansas board in charge of balloting to back down within 48 hours from its objection to the lack of proof of [[Obama]]'s citizenship |
| | * 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 | | * 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 |
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| | * the media portrays [[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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