BROADCAST BIAS: MS NOW marks 3 decades of empowering Democrats, not American democracy

MSNBC debuted on cable television on July 15, 1996, and now, MS NOW is weirdly putting on the screen a celebration of MS NOW’s 30th anniversary, when it just changed the moniker last November. An announcer proclaims: "Celebrating 30 years… Delivering journalism that informs, empowers and strengthens our democracy."

When it began, it really came across as an NBC News farm team. "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw was still proud to be associated with it. On Oct. 29, 1996, Brokaw interviewed...