> It's important to note that the major networks are all fairly liberally biased

Well, since I don't watch network news I admit I can not refute that personally. All I have to say is that Franken devotes 3 chapters to the supposed liberal media bias, and using the example of the 2000 election, shows how the media ignored the bad things Bush did and lied about and smeared Gore endlessly. He does a quite convincing job of showing, using statistics and going over things the media said point by point, that it is complete hogwash.

He then proceeds to show the media's true biases of laziness, sensationalism, greed, fitting events into already established story lines, and a jump on the bandwagon mentality. The media did not hammer Clinton about getting a blowjob in the white house and let Bush get a free ride about all of his ties to shady businesses practices because they have a conservative bias, they did so because one is titilating and one is pretty boring.