Posted by
Gene on Monday, August 25, 2008 12:00:00 AM
Saying the American Media is slanted toward Democrats and especially Obama is like saying that grass is green and Biden is a plagiarist; they’re all proven facts.
It must be acknowledged, too, that many decades back, much of the media had a Republican bias which hardly excuses the current media but nevertheless is true.
Said current media’s whining protestations that they are indeed politically even-handed borders on the farcical based on a host of studies including the UCLA Newsroom’s “surprising findings,” http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Media-Bias-Is-Real-Finds-UCLA-6664.aspx and the most recent study by CNS News and the Media Research Center, http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=34487, which expresses no such surprise.
The Left/Liberal/Democrat bias of the media can only be surprising to the most naive of observers who either have their heads where the sun doesn’t shine, are just plain ignorant, or both. That naivete’ and sunless ignorance is very reminiscent of the late liberal, homophobic, and vicious film critic Pauline Kael who was shocked, shocked I tell you that Nixon won in 1972 when she didn’t know anyone who voted for Tricky Dick. That might have been a wakeup call to some people but those whose heads are shielded from sunshine don’t get such calls.
In any event, the question is not whether the media is liberal or not. The real question is why they just don’t understand how the real world is in touch with reality and they are not.
Imagine yourself a media mogul....