Common GOP tactic; claim the media has a liberal bias against you. It worked for the GOP from the 80's when they began this smear until today. Because of their claims, the media asks conservatives softball questions and avoids exposing conservative controversies. When Hillary claimed Obama got preferential media treatment, the positive stories of Hillary went through the roof and Obama was affronted with negative stories. When Newt used this tactic in some of the GOP debates, the moderators refused to go after him on his statements (including his statement that Obama has enacted infanticide).
EDIT: Just saw that this is on the Daily Show