Media bias in action

Here is the actual headline as of 1:15 AM CDT:

GOP-run Senate kills minimum wage increase

And these are the first three paragraphs of AP reporter David Espo's article, which was not posted at "News Analyis."

The Republican-controlled Senate smothered a proposed election-year increase in the minimum wage Wednesday, rejecting Democratic claims that it was past time to boost the $5.15 hourly pay floor that has been in effect for nearly a decade.

The 52-46 vote was eight short of the 60 needed for approval under budget rules and came one day after House Republican leaders made clear they do not intend to allow a vote on the issue, fearing it might pass.

The Senate vote marked the ninth time since 1997 that Democrats there have proposed — and Republicans have blocked — a stand-alone increase in the minimum wage. The debate fell along predictable lines.

Republicans have controlled the Senate since 2003, so it's hardly "news" to most intelligent readers.

It looks like an AP headline writer has an axe to grind, as well as the article's author, David Espo.

And the mainstream media remains dumbfounded on why it keeps losing its audience.

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