[IncPen]

In the 1980s, as a correspondent for the Associated Press and Newsweek, Robert Parry broke many of the stories now known as the Iran-Contra Affair.

Interesting...

[docmcb]

If this writer considers the abuses leading to Clinton's impeachment "trivial," that's all I need to know to discount everything else he says.

[RAT Patrol]

You forgot the IDIOT ALERT!

[Blue Screen of Death]

I believed in the myth until I saw how Dan Rather tore into Patty Murray for her comments on Bin Laden. Or was that Peter Jennings? Well, maybe it was Tom Brokow. Anyway, I know it was one of them. Wasn't it?

[vannrox]

Yet another liberal...who refuses...just refuses to admit what is plainly in front of his two eyes. That is typical of liberal reportrs. It shows just how out of touch he is. OK. Anyone who believes him must therefore think that the news media is "middle of the road" and therefore represents the majority (via the bell curve) of political thought. This is demonstably incorrect.

This guy is an idiot.

[ladtx]

How did conservatives grasp the concept of the “war of ideas” and the crucial role of media in that battle while liberals were lulled by the dream that some pendulum would swing back and return the news media more to the center or left?

If this guy believes the national media pendulum has swung right and must soon swing back to the center or left he must be out there on the other side of Lenin, Stalin, Mao and Karl Marx himself!

[laurav]

Well, you want to talk about ideas being dreamed up at a party headquarters and being distributed through a sympathetic media... He accuses conservatives of it, but look at this. Some liberal activists come up with the idea of backing a network or talk show host. Then, lo and behold, it runs in the next day's NY Times, very sympathetically written with only a quote from Sean Hannity stuck at the very end to counter the charge of a "conservative media." Then other commentators run with it. Pretty soon we'll get reports on CBS and NBC- "Are reporters actually closet conservatives?" attempting to look at both sides...

The "conservative media machine" has nothing on these guys.

[beckett]

More condescending claptrap from a moral preener on the Left --- a thoroughly forgettable analysis.

[Happygal]

Hi Landru,
I'm sure this one will interest you :-)

[Calvin Locke]

RE: Mr. Parry: "Remove head from sphincter..." then write about your observations.

I'm wondering when this talking points fax went out.

[mg39]

William Kristol stated several years ago that the "liberal media" was a myth.

[Phantom Lord]

For instance, Republican operatives invented the bogus Gore quote in which he allegedly claimed to have “invented the Internet.” Before long, the made-up quote was routinely attributed to Gore, though he had never said it.

"I took the initiative in creating the internet." --Al Gore

There is NO OTHER WAY to read this than Algore was taking credit for creating (inventing) the internet.

cre·ate ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kr-t)
tr.v. cre·at·ed, cre·at·ing, cre·ates

1. To cause to exist; bring into being. See Synonyms at found1.
2. To give rise to; produce: That remark created a stir.
3. To invest with an office or title; appoint.
4. To produce through artistic or imaginative effort: create a poem; create a role.

adj. Archaic
Created.

Even when you have Algore on videotape saying things, the looney left will deny up and down that Algore ever said it.

[XRdsRev]

One of the clever ways that some print reporters express their bias in a subtle fashion is the counterpoint.

The counterpoint is not always used but it can be a very useful tool to frame opinion because it often is the last thought that the reader is left with when they finish the article. A well placed counterpoint can make the reader doubt what has been said in the rest of the article.

For example, if we are assigned to write non editorial, factual articles about candidate X (who we support) and candidate Y (who we do not), we could intentionally or unconciously insert a counterpoint at the end of the article about candidate Y.

Here is a rough example of how it's done..

"Candidate X, running for 9th district representative has 15 years of experience in public service. blah, blah blah, yadda, yadda, yadda. X strongly supports baseball, mom and apple pie. John Doe, Candidate X's spokesperson says that X eagerly looks forward to serving the needs of their constituents."

"Candidate Y, running for 9th district representative has 15 years of experience in public service. blah, blah, blah, yadda, yadda, yadda. Y strongly supports baseball, mom and apple pie. However, John Doe a spokesperson for Candidate Y's opponent, says that Candidate Y's past record seems to indicate that he actually supports football, dad and muffins."

My examples are not the greatest but hopefully they illustrate how to similar blurbs can convey very different messages by the inclusion of a counterpoint at the end of one.

[Cicero]

I read most of the stuff posted here, but I couldn't get 1/4 of the way through this one. Boooorrrring. Drably written. And completely out of touch with reality.

[VeritasVincit]

This post inspires me to coin a new phrase "Liberfool".


"The core of the conservative “liberal media” case is that surveys have shown that a majority of journalists vote Democratic in presidential elections."


90% of the media votes Democrat, another 5% votes independent, 5% votes GOP.

The biased reporting on issues like abortion, gay rights, race baiting, taxation, gun rights, etc... reflect this fact.

Not to mention editorial control over which stories will even be seen i.e., media saturation of LIB issues and stories while ignoring conservative issues.


"Conservatives then bolster this claim of liberal bias with anecdotes"


We can fill libraries with anecdotes of lib media bias but for a few choice ones go to http://www.mediaresearch.org/

Not that lib media bias needs any more proof it is now established fact.

[jackbill]

You can measure the strength of his argument by seeing who he quotes: Bob Somersby and Joe Conason.

Nuff said.

[second_half_recovery]

Coloring the News: How Crusading for Diversity Has Corrupted American Journalism

[Interesting Times]

You know, five years ago this "what liberal bias?" propaganda barrage might well have worked.

[Dan Day]

[weegee]

In discussing media bias it is important to understand just which party the journalists in Big Media all vote for. They may be blind to their biases but it does not make them any less real.

Far left rants can be heard (many times in violation of 501c3 tax status) on left of the dial commercial free radio.