By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org

WASHINGTON, DC – It’s no secret America has a strong liberal bias in its media and academic sectors.

But what many people don’t know is that professionals in the two fields apparently work together to produce tainted, left-leaning commentary on the presidential election

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The Hill reports “at least a half-dozen professors who gave political donations to President Obama have been quoted in news articles opining about his administration and the 2012 race for the White House.

“The findings of The Hill’s months-long investigation come as Republicans have been crying foul, alleging a media bias for Obama and against Mitt Romney.”

The Republicans are correct. The Hill found six professors who have sent money to the Obama campaign and neglected to mention their support when they helped shape recent coverage of campaign. The Hill conducted a similar search for Romney donors and did not find any results.

The offenders include Alan Abramowitz, a political science professor at Emory University who donated $500 to Obama in 2008. Abramowitz was quoted by Bloomberg News saying that the recent dip in unemployment will help Obama and slows momentum for Romney. He also created an election-forecasting model that he’s promoted in the media predicting a tight race, with a slight edge for Obama.

Abramowitz was quoted by the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, National Journal and The Hill following Obama’s victory in 2008, The Hill reports.

The list also includes Garrison Nelson of the University of Vermont, Peter Ricchiuti of Tulane University. Timothy Jost of Washington and Lee University, Robert Axelrod of Michigan State University  and David Yellen of Loyola University, who all gave big bucks to Obama while voicing their “unbiased” political opinions for various media outlets.

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They’ve defended the president’s job initiatives as “all good ideas,” called Obama a “free-market guy,” supported Obamacare, and downplayed the significance of the Rod Blagojevich scandal.

Kelly McBride with the Poynter Institute, a journalism training institute, told The Hill she isn’t surprised by the biased coverage, but it’s the reporter’s responsibility to ask about potential bias.

“I’m surprised you didn’t find more,” McBride told The Hill.

The bias seems to make sense, as many professors are members of the National Education Association, a union which has spent $2.2 million targeting Republicans this election, Fox News reports.

The Hill reports that its study is far from exhaustive and could include more examples of biased coverage when more recent fundraising figures come out this week.

Meanwhile, Romney has repeatedly said he isn’t concerned with the left-leaning media, and recently pointed out to CBS that there are some journalists who may favor his perspective.

“I take my message out; I know I’ll have a chance through ads, through the debates, to get my message home to the American people,” Romney said.