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Lesbian vs. Bin Laden

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From MediaMatters.org:

The media has devoted enormous attention to Senator John Kerry’s reference to Mary Cheney, Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughter, as a lesbian during the October 13 presidential debate. Yet President George W. Bush’s false claim from that same debate — I just don’t think I ever said I’m not worried about Osama bin Laden” — has received less than half as much media attention. (Bush’s debate claim is false because he said of bin Laden on March 13, 2002: I’m truly not that concerned about him.)

A Nexis search by Media Matters for America for coverage of Kerry’s remark produced 364 hits. A Nexis search for coverage of Bush’s claim produced only 135 hits. A Nexis search for only the candidates’ key quotations — I think if you were to talk to Dick Cheney’s daughter, who is a lesbian” versus I just don’t think I ever said I’m not worried about Osama bin Laden” — produced an even sharper imbalance: 156 to 40.

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