Media Tenor International claims to be "the world's leading provider of international media content analysis". I can't really judge that claim, but I like their Slant-o-meter because the September 21 edition cheered me up considerably:

It's not clear to me how they derive the numbers; for instance, of 120 statements regarding Crusader Codpiece by ABC news, "the share of negative reports exceeded the share of positive reports by 32.5%". So then

POS + NEG = 120
POS/NEG = 1.325

solves to NEG = 51.6. If NEG = 52, I get POS/NEG = 1.308. But never mind all that maths bollocks, look at the pretty picture! Fox "News" doesn't count, because they are the broadcast arm of the RNC. ABC news is strongly pro-Kerry and even NBC and CBS, despite being "more negative" about Kerry than about Bush, talked more about Bush and so made more negative comments about the Chicken-in-Chief than about THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, JOHN F KERRY. Ahem. 'Scuse me.

I would wonder whether there is something to all that whining about "liberal media bias" after all, except if you're talking about Chimpy it's impossible to say much positive without telling outright porkies (like, say, Fox). So maybe the US mass media is showing a teeny bit of spine after all.

(Via the spousal unit's sidebar.)