Just How LEFT wing is the News Media?

Top Seattle Times Editor Admits Majority of Newsroom Votes 'Blue,' Driven by 'Activism'





"If we wore our politics on our sleeves in here, I have no doubt that


in this and in most other mainstream newsrooms in America, the


majority of those sleeves would be of the same color: blue. Survey


after survey over the years have demonstrated that most of the people


who go into this business tend to vote Democratic, at least in


national elections. That is not particularly surprising, given how


people make career decisions and that social service and activism is


a primary driver for many journalists."





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Just How LEFT wing is the News Media?
Check out the NY Times, article defending the Illegal who was involved in that murder in Newark. It's absolutely a disgrace, to the American public





edit Katydid, Ya Bill Moyers is real fair and balanced, and the tooth fairy is real
Reply:The news media questioned nothing and spoke no ill of the bush jr regime after 911, except for Joe Wilson who was punished for his disloyalty. Scooter had his sentence commuted and still the news media did not go after the bush jr regime. Only in the last month or so has the media started to ask real questions, so the media has been a failure no matter what patrician leaning.
Reply:Jason Lewis spoke of this about a month ago on his program.





He also cited a local television station being investigated on airing video clips of one protest (republican) that had over 20,000 people in attendance - and showing the clip stating it was a democrat protest. Which in fact, the democrat protest yielded about 100 people and after initially airing that clip - they swapped the video footage and reversed the actual footage.
Reply:Judging by the Medias performance in early days of IRAQ WAR I would say they were RIGHT WING.


They questioned NOTHING.


If they were left wing I think they would have asked a number of questions.


But the media just went along for the ride.
Reply:Tibet. That is the only thing left of Communist china.
Reply:Yet still most of the dailies and most of the networks called for Clinton's impeachment and endorsed Bush in 2000.


Pointing out that some reporters have a leftist bias is irrelevant. They do not control the editorial process. Those that do have showed a clear rightward bias in 2000. Pretending otherwise is just demonstrating ignorance.


If that bias has shifted since then (and despite the liberal media myth that is still a BIG if) perhaps the right should have a read of the criticisms of their boy and see if they can learn from their mistakes instead of just complaining when people point them out.
Reply:If senators and congress wore patches of their largest contributors they would be a "who's who" of defense contractors , chemical and drug manufacturers , alcohol and tobacco lobbies , with a smattering of billionaires for a one world government .
Reply:If you get your news from more than one source, you'll get a more balanced view. I don't care that there are more Democrats in the media. If people believe EVERYTHING they read, they're not informed. They need to keep an open mind and get their news from BBC, PBS, and other non-biased reporting.


The media has been reporting some pretty horrendous things but that's not because they're Dems, it's because this administration is corrupt.
Reply:My boyfriend's twin brother is a journalist and he's a conservative.
Reply:Liberal media used both hands........to jerk off Americans = making fun of H. Dean and helped beat the war drum for Bush