I’ve sold 57 articles, mostly to newspapers. I wanted to do a political column for the Tallahassee Democrat. The editor was horrified. I was informed that only “trusted” employees of the paper were allowed to write on politics. People who didn’t work for the paper, I was told, simply didn’t have the political knowledge required to write about the subject. Seriously, that’s almost verbatim. They carried George Will, but you should have seen the editor’s face when I said his name. Apparently, it was a requirement from the head office. I was told that he often had to be edited…(long pause) for length, she added.
Here’s the funny thing. The paper did several surveys to find out why their circulation was circling the toilet. They published the results with a lengthy excuse explaining why the results were wrong and they weren’t going to change anything. Amazing. Simply, amazing. If they’d simply split the coverage to 50/50 liberal conservative they’d probably double their best circulation numbers.
Liberals cannot take opposing views. They can't debate for beans. They run away (or "unfriend", or unsubscribe, or ban the channel) rather than allow themselves to have to deal with the idea of there being a rationally presented opposing side.
You are amazed at their reaction because you assume these "journalists" think its their job to provide news to the public.
They don't. They think they're crusaders.
My dad lives in Tallahassee, and I’ve read that rag. They don’t call it the “Democrat” for nothing...
Dame for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.