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Debate:Does the media really have a liberal bias? (view source)
Revision as of 01:38, April 14, 2007
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: There is not a doubt about it, the media is liberal. Yes you can say FOX tilts right, but they offer the liberal counterpoint. Yes, you can say talk radio is conservative. The vast majority of media TV, print is operated by, employs liberals that promote liberal points of view. These medias go out of the way to deny a conservative point of view, not balanced. Maybe why FOX and conservative radio have a big following. They are the only game in town. Tilt a political direction and bias to one point of view, are two different meanings.--[[User:Jpatt|jp]] 19:51, 5 April 2007 (EDT)
: There is not a doubt about it, the media is liberal. Yes you can say FOX tilts right, but they offer the liberal counterpoint. Yes, you can say talk radio is conservative. The vast majority of media TV, print is operated by, employs liberals that promote liberal points of view. These medias go out of the way to deny a conservative point of view, not balanced. Maybe why FOX and conservative radio have a big following. They are the only game in town. Tilt a political direction and bias to one point of view, are two different meanings.--[[User:Jpatt|jp]] 19:51, 5 April 2007 (EDT)
This is a difficult question because of shifting/tricky definitions of liberal & conservative. Conservative can variously mean neo-con (ie, big gov't conservative) to libertarianism. Populism can be an oppressive combination of the left & the right. If "liberal" means leftist (ie, secular big-gov't welfare state), then I see this orientation as a slight overall bias of combined radio, TV & print media. My personal observation is untrustworthy, but surveys of journalists show that Democratic Party orientation predominates. Of course, many individual sources will be exceptions. I believe the safest course is to seek reliable sources of different stripes to get a broader picture.[[User:Tom Stockton|Tom Stockton]] 21:38, 13 April 2007 (EDT)
==No==
==No==