Bozell on 'Fox & Friends': Media Blamed Bush for Rising Gas Prices, Fail to Blame Obama for Similar Hike in Costs

April 22nd, 2011 4:30 PM

NewsBusters publisher and Media Research Center president Brent Bozell appeared on the April 22 "Fox & Friends" to discuss the media's double standard on rising gas prices.

In short, in 2006, the media blamed then-President Bush, but in 2011, anyone but Obama seems to be at fault as far as the media are concerned.

For the full video of the segment, watch the video embed posted after the page break:

 

For more background, be sure to read the following April 20 article by Julia Seymour: "Since Oil Spill, Rising Gas Prices Linked to Obama Drilling Ban in Just 1% of Evening News Stories"

For more of Mr. Bozell, check out tonight's Fox News Channel special, "Behind the Bias: The History of Liberal Media," airing tonight at 9 p.m. EDT.