BIAS WATCH: Susanna Cornett of Cut on the Bias opens a "New York Times" article on teen suicide and finds an anti-gun tirade inside. A top-notch analysis. Check it out. Also, a story that's going to get a lot of play in the media bears watching. There's a new report out that purports to prove that racism is keeping minorities from the same quality health care given to whites. Here's the Post's headline:

Report Says Minorities Get Lower-Quality Health Care (subhed) Moral Implications of Widespread Pattern Noted

And here's the second graph:

Although it was not possible to quantify the inequities, researchers identified language barriers, inadequate insurance coverage, bias among doctors and nurses, and a woeful lack of minority physicians as reasons why nonwhite patients received fewer tests and inferior treatment.

Note that first phrase. Despite the fact that the inequities could not be quantified, I suspect that this report (which, according to "USA Today," was done at the request of Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., D-Ill. - no vested interest there) will become very influential. And if it ever gets debunked, that news will be buried. Just watch.