The Columbia Journalism Review got into the media bias measurement game, finding a pro-surveillance bias in coverage of NSA surveillance.
Despite this, the nation is overwhelmingly against the NSA surveillance, and the CJR rightly concluded that it would likely be worse without the media bias.
The CJR naively posited this as a "right-leaning" bias, when the pro-surveillance bias is part of a larger pro-power bias the media cultivates, a sad commentary considering that the fourth estate was originally intended to be a check on institutional power , not its handmaiden.
Media outlets willing to challenge ruling class wishes have found the Obama Administration to be particularly hostile to free speech, as reported by the Washington Free Beacon reporting on the Committee to Protect Journalists.
In Texas, Charlie Geren is currently fighting to limit capitol access to court reporters who protect and promote the powerful.
--CJR piece
--piece on CJR findings
--Free Beacon piece on Obama Administration
--AW piece on Geren situation