On June 14, the second highest-ranking Democrat in the U.S. Senate likened the conduct of U.S. military guards at Guantanamo Bay — where no one has died — with “Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime, Pol Pot or others, that had no concern for human beings.” Two days later, ABC, CBS and NBC had yet to even mention Senator Dick Durbin’s outrageous comparison.
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1. What type of bias is the excerpt below an example of?
2. For what reason might the 3 major news networks choose not to report on Senator Durbin's comments for at least two days?