The Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University, where researchers have tracked network news content for two decades, found that ABC, NBC and CBS were tougher on Obama than on Republican John McCain during the first six weeks of the general-election campaign.

You read it right: tougher on the Democrat.

During the evening news, the majority of statements from reporters and anchors on all three networks are neutral, the center found. And when network news people ventured opinions in recent weeks, 28% of the statements were positive for Obama and 72% negative.

Network reporting also tilted against McCain, but far less dramatically, with 43% of the statements positive and 57% negative, according to the Washington-based media center.

I disagree. the media has been far more in love with McCain that Obama. His name may register more in numbers, but it takes more than just numbers to mean anything.

McCain has been given quite the free pass on many of his comments. I have barely heard any reaction from mainstream media about certain comments McCain has made or have seen them delve into his past the way that Obama has been. The increase in articles referring to him is more because his every word is analyzed back and forth while every person he has every known is run down to question how patriotic he is. Little has been done to look at McCain's questionable past, his flip flopping on certain issues, or even just calling him out when he makes errors in his speeches.

When there is one article about McCain holding a fundraiser to three articles questioning is Obama is too black, a communist, and not going to get any white votes the favor is clearly not swinging towards Obama, despite having more press. Just look at AP Chairman Dean Singleton for example.

You are right that the numbers don't lie, however in this case that's not a good thing.