iowawatch Opinion: Cagey Candidates Claim ‘Media Bias’ To Shine Spotlight Somewhere Else Blaming media bias for a candidate’s shortcomings is usually little more than the time-honored practice of scapegoating, an attempt to use a magician’s greatest tool – misdirection – to avoid scrutiny or put the spotlight elsewhere. By Roger Carroll/InDepthNH / 6 Nov 2016
