Bruce Bartlett Washington-based author :
I think there was a pro-Obama tilt in the election coverage, just as there always is for the Democratic candidate, given that the vast bulk of major media reporters and editors are Democrats. But I don’t think it affected the outcome of the election because criticism of McCain was less than he deserved as the media tried to appear even-handed and compensate to some extent for its pro-Obama tilt. In any case, fewer and fewer people pay attention to the major media these days and are influenced by it. Press bias, whether is exists or not, is a non-factor today in my opinion.