ConWeb Balance
Topic: CNSNews.com
A July 5 CNSNews.com article by Susan Jones claiming that "Democrats are ready to fight" President Bush's nominee for the Supreme Court "even before they know who they'll be fighting against" makes no mention of the conservative groups who are ready to support Bush's nominee even before they know who they'll be fighting for. (CNS does link to a Washington Post article with the details on conservatives' planned efforts, but that information will not make its way to the CNS archive.)

And a July 6 article by Jones once again plays up the assumption that liberals are motivated only by crass political power. Jones assumes President Bush was referring to MoveOn.org when he said "money-raising groups" should not be allowed to dictate the tone and the rhetoric of the upcoming debate over the nominee by prefacing Bush's statement with the phrase "Without mentioning MoveOn.org or any other group by name." Again, no mention is made of the money conservatives have announced they plan to spend boosting Bush's nominee.