Election Day

This day has been counted down by many for what has now been years. I that the new media and the publicity for these candidates is rolling in at at all hours, and is bias for one candidate over another. I'm not going to sit here and defend one candidate or the other, but the numbers do not lie. In a report put out by "The Project for Excellence in Journalism", it was found that the types of media coverage for Obama and McCain were drastically different. Of the coverage Obama received, 35.8% was positive, 29.2% was negative, and 35% indifferent. On the other hand the coverage McCain received was slightly more askew, 14.2% positive, 57.3% negative, and 28.5% indifferent. This bothers me because people are swayed by the media. If there is an unfair share of who gets better coverage in the media, will this sway the votes of the American people? With the media clearly voicing its opinion for one candidate, is it possible that people who would originally vote for McCain be swayed to vote for Obama because they are afraid of voting incorrectly? Groupthink would say it is possible. If the media is going to constantly voice their biased opinion, eager reader's are going to look to the media and assume that its opinion is correct, or be afraid to say otherwise and therefore Obama will be the reader’s vote.
The only ways to prevent a bias is to have equal coverage or have people research draw their own conclusions. Unfortunately it is too late this election, after today we will have elected a new president.