As the 2008 primary season ends, the news media has come in from plenty of criticism for its perceived biases and lapses in coverage of the candidates. According to some observers at BlogHer and elsewhere, the coverage of Sen. Hillary Clinton has been consistently sexist and unprofessional, while coverage of Sen. Barack Obama has been fawning and dishonest. Meanwhile, other press critics complain that Sen. John McCain has had a free ride.However, a recently-published content analysis by the Project for Excellence in Journalism, Character and the Primaries of 2008, offers what appears to be some contradictory findings.

It's everywhere by now, and surely you've already seen it -- Miley Cyrus did a shoot with Vanity Fair, and the 15-year-old Hannah Montana star's cover shot features her looking over her naked shoulder, holding a satin bed sheet (or something that looks like one) over her naked front.