“Media reporting of Voter ID fails to meet basic standards of objectivity and integrity, says a new report, ‘Media Shows Pervasive Bias When Covering Voter ID’ by Justin Danhof. In fact, Danhof says, the media in many cases is openly hostile to Voter ID.” That open hostility is readily apparent the media’s “near-total blackout” of the Supreme Court case Crawford v. Marion that upheld voter ID, infusion of race into voter ID stories 145 times more often than legal doctrine, and consistent “dishonesty by omission” of research favorable to voter ID. MSNBC is a frequent offender. In 19 stories on voter ID “MSNBC hosts Chris Matthews, Al Sharpton, Ed Schultz, Rachel Maddow and their guests attacked voter ID laws with racist rhetoric such as ‘voting suppression,’ ‘poll taxes’ and ‘literacy tests,'” but made no mention of the latest Washington Post poll showing 74% approval of voter ID laws. More on anti-ID reporting bias here.