UPDATE: Oh yeah. Just after the item described above, they did a story like, "Facing a potentially embarrassing political situation, House Republicans backed off today on a bill regarding veterans' welfare benefits... House Democrat So-and-So had the following righteous speech on the subject..." —and I honestly can't remember the last time I've heard them do a story like that with the roles reversed. If I heard one, it would stick out like a sore thumb. It's not like such stories don't exist, you know.

And the day before, there was a story about California implementing bio-screening technology (at taxpayer expense) to test everybody for bodily toxins caused by pollution and so on. They played a bunch of sound bites from doctors and politicians saying how great it would be; and then, at the very end, said, "The bill is opposed by some chemical companies." Seriously! That's the extent to which they described the "con" position. And then they cut away to something else. Boo! Hiss! Bad chemical companies! Must be because they're evil. But that's all we hear of their side, so that's the impression we're left with.

It's as though they've started taking for granted that they're only playing to a certain audience now, so they simply no longer care about alienating people who don't agree with their slant.