http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/11808/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/washington-post-cherry-picks-poll-portray-tea-parties-defensive-about-racism-charges <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/ken-shepherd">Ken Shepherd</a> </div> </div> </div> <div style="float: right;"><img height="60" width="280" src="http://www.mrc.org/BiasAlert/uploads/WPost-2010-05-05-teapartyhead.jpg" /></div><p>"Tea party groups battling allegations of racism," reads a May 5 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/04/AR2010050405168.html?hpid=topnews">page A3 Washington Post print headline</a>. The online version header softened the word choice a tiny bit, substituting the word "perceptions" in for "allegations." <br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/washington-post-cherry-picks-poll-portray-tea-parties-defensive-about-racism-charges" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division abc AmyGardner BiasAlert Conservatives&Republicans KrissahThompson liberalmediabias PoliticalGroups Protestors TeaParties WashingtonPost Wed, 05 May 2010 22:21:00 +0000 36054 at http://archive2.mrc.org