More Free Press questions...

A few days ago, I wrote a post asking "What happened to our Free Press". We may not know the answer, but Rep John Conyers has some more symptoms of the problem.

Some highlights:

• Within the three days after it surfaced, the Downing Street Memo received no coverage on the 13 most watched shows on CNN, MSNBC or Fox News.
• Within the three days after Jeff Gannon was discovered to be posing as a reporter, and under and assumed name, that story received no coverage on those same 13 shows.
• The first day charges were filed against Michael Jackson, 10 of the 13 shows covered it, with four using it as their lead story.
• The Scott Peterson verdict received coverage on 5 shows the first day and 8 the second. It was the lead story on 5.

These results are from a study commissioned by Rep. Conyers and others. Nice to know that our major media news outlets know what the really important news

Liam.