Now that the media’s candidate has been elected, they are free to do some soul-searching about fairness. The Post’s Ombudsman, Deborah Howell, has written a second piece about Washington Post‘s left-wing bias. She writes:

But some of the conservatives’ complaints about a liberal tilt are valid. Journalism naturally draws liberals; we like to change the world. I’ll bet that most Post journalists voted for Obama. I did. There are centrists at The Post as well. But the conservatives I know here feel so outnumbered that they don’t even want to be quoted by name in a memo.

Journalists bristle at the thought of their coverage being viewed as unfair or unbalanced; they believe their decisions are journalistically reasonable and that their politics do not affect how they cover and display stories.

Journalists may bristle, but bristling doesn’t make their reporting fair or balanced. And at time the reporting may be completely fair, but what is unfair is which stories are covered and which are not. For example, the media did precious little investigative journalism about Obama. That said, unlike a lot of the Post’s coverage, Howell’s article is fair.

And at least the Post’s zeal for Obama didn’t go as far as others, such as Rolling Stone’s deification of the man.

Thanks to Nate posting the link to this article in the comments.