Obama Still Raking In Way More Media Coverage Than McCain

The Washington Post ombudsman notes that his paper’s fair and balanced coverage of the Presidential race isn’t really all that fair or balanced.

Barack Obama may be only eight points ahead of John McCain in the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll, but he’s creaming McCain in the number of pictures and stories published in The Post in the past two months. . . . .
What we found: 122 photos of Obama have been published in the paper during that time to 78 for McCain, counting tiny to big. Most of those photos ran inside the paper; most on the politics page. The Page 1 photos are closer: Obama had nine to McCain’s seven. Five of Obama’s were above the fold; McCain had four. Obama also got more color photos, 72 to 49, and more large photos — mostly those that spanned three or more columns, 30 to 10.
McCain was behind before Obama went to the Middle East and Europe. But during his trip, Obama shellacked McCain on photos. July 25 was the topper — five photos from Obama’s Berlin visit. To begin with, a photo of Obama before a humongous crowd dominated Page 1 — a stunning photo worth the size.

Obama getting more coverage during his world tour made sense. He was making more news than McCain, so he got more coverage. But the fact that Obama gets more coverage than McCain in general is biased. Period. There’s no way around it.