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This question was bound to become even more prevalent with the election of Trump, who essentially won by flipping several Rust Belt states that Barack Obama had handily won in 2008 and 2012. Sure enough, many liberals have seemingly doubled down on this smug style...

This question was bound to become even more prevalent with the election of Trump, who essentially won by flipping several Rust Belt states that Barack Obama had handily won in 2008 and 2012. Sure enough, many liberals have seemingly doubled down on this smug style...

But this attitude has also been challenged by those on the left who argue that the Democratic Party has to offer a more populist vision and break out of its technocratic bubble in order to start winning elections again.<ref>[http://www.salon.com/2017/03/20/the-smug-style-in-american-liberalism-its-not-helping-folks-but-theres-a-better-way/ The smug style in American liberalism: It’s not helping, folks — but there’s a better way] by Conor Lynch, ''Salon'', March 2017</ref>}}

But this attitude has also been challenged by those on the left who argue that the Democratic Party has to offer a more populist vision and break out of its technocratic bubble in order to start winning elections again.<ref>[https://www.salon.com/2017/03/20/the-smug-style-in-american-liberalism-its-not-helping-folks-but-theres-a-better-way/ The smug style in American liberalism: It’s not helping, folks — but there’s a better way] by Conor Lynch, ''Salon'', March 2017</ref>}}

== Liberal bias of mainstream media ==

== Liberal bias of mainstream media ==

''See also:'' [[Media bias]] and [[Mainstream media]]

''See also:'' [[Media bias]] and [[Mainstream media]]

'''Media bias''' is [[advocacy journalism]] gone wild, where one-sided arguments masquerade as objective reporting. It "is rarely expressed through distortion of the facts, but rather through the omission of certain facts that would be inconvenient for the outlook of the person or group reporting."<ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/272131/measuring-media-bias-nat-brown?pg=2 Nat Brown] - ''[[National Review]]''</ref>

'''Media bias''' is [[advocacy journalism]] gone wild, where one-sided arguments masquerade as objective reporting. It "is rarely expressed through distortion of the facts, but rather through the omission of certain facts that would be inconvenient for the outlook of the person or group reporting."<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/articles/272131/measuring-media-bias-nat-brown?pg=2 Nat Brown] - ''[[National Review]]''</ref>

A good example is [[Paul Krugman]]'s claim, in his New York Times opinion piece, that "Everyone knows that the American right has problems with science that yields conclusions it doesn’t like."<ref>[http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/first-they-came-for-the-climate-scientists/?emc=eta1 First They Came For The Climate Scientists]</ref> This statement completely ignores the much worse "problems" the [[American liberalism|American left]] has with science, specifically the climate science which refutes the [[junk science]] used by liberals to prop up their [[global warming theory]] and their "solution" to the "crisis" (see [[Kyoto Protocol]], carbon credits, etc.).   

A good example is [[Paul Krugman]]'s claim, in his New York Times opinion piece, that "Everyone knows that the American right has problems with science that yields conclusions it doesn’t like."<ref>[https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/first-they-came-for-the-climate-scientists/?emc=eta1 First They Came For The Climate Scientists]</ref> This statement completely ignores the much worse "problems" the [[American liberalism|American left]] has with science, specifically the climate science which refutes the [[junk science]] used by liberals to prop up their [[global warming theory]] and their "solution" to the "crisis" (see [[Kyoto Protocol]], carbon credits, etc.).   

It manifests distortion of news, commentary, non-fiction articles, textbooks, documentaries, speech codes and the like to favor one side's ideas over another's (see [[partisan]]ship). Dictatorships and other authoritarian regimes which suppress [[freedom of the press]] are notorious for their media bias, particularly when all media are controlled directly by a one-party government.  

It manifests distortion of news, commentary, non-fiction articles, textbooks, documentaries, speech codes and the like to favor one side's ideas over another's (see [[partisan]]ship). Dictatorships and other authoritarian regimes which suppress [[freedom of the press]] are notorious for their media bias, particularly when all media are controlled directly by a one-party government.  

=== Politicizing hiring ===

=== Politicizing hiring ===

In 2013, a study found that academia was less likely to hire evangelical Christians due to discriminatory attitudes.<ref>Alexander, Rachel (June 10, 2013). [http://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2013/06/10/suspicions-confirmed-academia-shutting-out-conservative-professors-n1616406/page/full "Suspicions confirmed: Academia shutting out conservative professors"].  Townhall.com.</ref> See also: [[Atheism and intolerance]]

In 2013, a study found that academia was less likely to hire evangelical Christians due to discriminatory attitudes.<ref>Alexander, Rachel (June 10, 2013). [https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2013/06/10/suspicions-confirmed-academia-shutting-out-conservative-professors-n1616406/page/full "Suspicions confirmed: Academia shutting out conservative professors"].  Townhall.com.</ref> See also: [[Atheism and intolerance]]

=== Academia and liberal values ===

=== Academia and liberal values ===

*Millman, Gregory J. (March 23, 2008).  [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032101451.html "Home is where the school is"].  ''The Washington Post'' website/Opinions/Outlook & opinions/Class act.

*Millman, Gregory J. (March 23, 2008).  [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032101451.html "Home is where the school is"].  ''The Washington Post'' website/Opinions/Outlook & opinions/Class act.

*Plecnik, John (May 31, 2004).  [http://www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org/news/488/NCliberalbiasagnstcons060104.htm "Liberal bias against campus conservatives"].  ChronWatch.com website.  Retrieved from July 23, 2014 archive of Students for Academic Freedom website at Internet Archive.</ref> and promotion of sexual immorality.<ref>Multiple references:

*Plecnik, John (May 31, 2004).  [http://www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org/news/488/NCliberalbiasagnstcons060104.htm "Liberal bias against campus conservatives"].  ChronWatch.com website.  Retrieved from July 23, 2014 archive of Students for Academic Freedom website at Internet Archive.</ref> and promotion of sexual immorality.<ref>Multiple references:

*Jablonski, Joe (October 2001). [http://web.archive.org/web/20090708131041/http://www.academia.org/campus_reports/2001/oct_2001_4.html "Porn studies latest academic fad"].  Accuracy in Academia website/Campus Reports/2001.  Retrieved from July 8, 2009 archive at Internet Archive.

*Jablonski, Joe (October 2001). [https://web.archive.org/web/20090708131041/http://www.academia.org/campus_reports/2001/oct_2001_4.html "Porn studies latest academic fad"].  Accuracy in Academia website/Campus Reports/2001.  Retrieved from July 8, 2009 archive at Internet Archive.

*Capel, Michael (October 1998). [http://web.archive.org/web/20090708141829/http://www.academia.org/campus_reports/1998/october_1998_1.html "Pedophilia 101 at Cornell"].  Accuracy in Academia website/Campus Reports/1998.  Retrieved from July 8, 2009 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> Although a majority of academics believe in God, a disproportionate percentage of academics are atheists compared to the general public (see: [[Atheism and academia]]).  

*Capel, Michael (October 1998). [https://web.archive.org/web/20090708141829/http://www.academia.org/campus_reports/1998/october_1998_1.html "Pedophilia 101 at Cornell"].  Accuracy in Academia website/Campus Reports/1998.  Retrieved from July 8, 2009 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> Although a majority of academics believe in God, a disproportionate percentage of academics are atheists compared to the general public (see: [[Atheism and academia]]).  

Such attitudes are also shared by educators in the public education system from grade school through high school, and even by members of public school boards who take an elitist attitude toward parents of the children being indoctrinated with those same beliefs (particularly the promotion of sexual immorality and the encouragement of experimenting with homosexuality) by liberal educators.<ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen3/16d/omaha-schools-sex-ed/world-herald-article-021217.html "Comprehensive sex-ed" battle in Omaha gets huge coverage in state's largest newspaper] at MassResistance</ref><ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen3/17a/CO-middle-school-x-rated/ebsco-database.html How schools & libraries bring pornography to vulnerable children] at MassResistance</ref><ref>[http://americansfortruth.com/2016/10/19/pro-lgbtq-bias-at-metea-valley-high-school-in-aurora-illinois-exposed-linda-harvey/ Diversity? Pro-LGBTQ Bias at Metea Valley High School in Aurora, Illinois Exposed] at Americans for Truth</ref> These same educators, knowing that what they are doing is wrong, go out of their way to deliberately hide the truth from their students' parents, who they know would not support what they do in the classrooms and would call for the resignation or firing of the offending teachers and school board officials who support them; to that end, liberal elitist school boards stand up for the teachers and the professor values they support by ignoring parents' complaints, denying any wrongdoing to them, attempting (by means of [[deceit]] and [[disinformation]]) to discredit any information on educator wrongdoing uncovered by parents,<ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen3/16d/omaha-schools-sex-ed/OPS-strikes-back.html School district strikes back at Omaha parents’ group that exposed graphic "comprehensive sex-ed" curriculum] at MassResistance</ref> blocking their inquiries and even resorting to intimidation and making criminal threats against them (and later denying making such threats when publicly called out on them afterward)<ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen3/17a/CO-middle-school-x-rated/parents-ignored-threatened.html How Colorado parents were threatened, ignored, and deceived by school officials after exposing hardcore pornography available via middle school’s Internet portal] at MassResistance</ref> in an attempt to silence parental opposition to what are clearly illegal actions against underaged students.

Such attitudes are also shared by educators in the public education system from grade school through high school, and even by members of public school boards who take an elitist attitude toward parents of the children being indoctrinated with those same beliefs (particularly the promotion of sexual immorality and the encouragement of experimenting with homosexuality) by liberal educators.<ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen3/16d/omaha-schools-sex-ed/world-herald-article-021217.html "Comprehensive sex-ed" battle in Omaha gets huge coverage in state's largest newspaper] at MassResistance</ref><ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen3/17a/CO-middle-school-x-rated/ebsco-database.html How schools & libraries bring pornography to vulnerable children] at MassResistance</ref><ref>[http://americansfortruth.com/2016/10/19/pro-lgbtq-bias-at-metea-valley-high-school-in-aurora-illinois-exposed-linda-harvey/ Diversity? Pro-LGBTQ Bias at Metea Valley High School in Aurora, Illinois Exposed] at Americans for Truth</ref> These same educators, knowing that what they are doing is wrong, go out of their way to deliberately hide the truth from their students' parents, who they know would not support what they do in the classrooms and would call for the resignation or firing of the offending teachers and school board officials who support them; to that end, liberal elitist school boards stand up for the teachers and the professor values they support by ignoring parents' complaints, denying any wrongdoing to them, attempting (by means of [[deceit]] and [[disinformation]]) to discredit any information on educator wrongdoing uncovered by parents,<ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen3/16d/omaha-schools-sex-ed/OPS-strikes-back.html School district strikes back at Omaha parents’ group that exposed graphic "comprehensive sex-ed" curriculum] at MassResistance</ref> blocking their inquiries and even resorting to intimidation and making criminal threats against them (and later denying making such threats when publicly called out on them afterward)<ref>[http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen3/17a/CO-middle-school-x-rated/parents-ignored-threatened.html How Colorado parents were threatened, ignored, and deceived by school officials after exposing hardcore pornography available via middle school’s Internet portal] at MassResistance</ref> in an attempt to silence parental opposition to what are clearly illegal actions against underaged students.

*Klein, Bruce (August 13, 2004).  [http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/4112-the-father-of-cryonics-robert-c-w-ettinger/ "The Father of cryonics, Robert C. W. Ettinger"].  LongeCity website/Community/Community resources/Creative.  Retrieved May 24, 2009.</ref>  [[Isaac Asimov]] was a popular American [[science fiction]] writer and a professor of biochemistry at [[Boston University]]. He was also an atheist.<ref>Asimov, Isaac (Spring 1982).  "Isaac Asimov on science and the Bible".  Interview with Paul Kurtz.  ''Free Inquiry'' magazine.  Quoted at [http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/219935-i-am-an-atheist-out-and-out-it-took-me "Quote by Isaac Asimov: 'I am an atheist, out and out.  It took me a long...'"].  Goodreads website/Isaac Asimov/Quotes/Quotable Quote.  Source located by [http://www.adherents.com/people/pa/Isaac_Asimov.html Adherents.com] website.</ref>  According to The Cryonics Society, Asimov said of cryonics, "Though no one can quantify the probability of cryonics working, I estimate it is at least 90%..."<ref>[http://www.cryonicssociety.org/aboutcryonics_critics.html "Cryonics and critics"] (2012).  The Cryonics Society website.</ref> See: [[Atheism and cryonics]]

*Klein, Bruce (August 13, 2004).  [http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/4112-the-father-of-cryonics-robert-c-w-ettinger/ "The Father of cryonics, Robert C. W. Ettinger"].  LongeCity website/Community/Community resources/Creative.  Retrieved May 24, 2009.</ref>  [[Isaac Asimov]] was a popular American [[science fiction]] writer and a professor of biochemistry at [[Boston University]]. He was also an atheist.<ref>Asimov, Isaac (Spring 1982).  "Isaac Asimov on science and the Bible".  Interview with Paul Kurtz.  ''Free Inquiry'' magazine.  Quoted at [http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/219935-i-am-an-atheist-out-and-out-it-took-me "Quote by Isaac Asimov: 'I am an atheist, out and out.  It took me a long...'"].  Goodreads website/Isaac Asimov/Quotes/Quotable Quote.  Source located by [http://www.adherents.com/people/pa/Isaac_Asimov.html Adherents.com] website.</ref>  According to The Cryonics Society, Asimov said of cryonics, "Though no one can quantify the probability of cryonics working, I estimate it is at least 90%..."<ref>[http://www.cryonicssociety.org/aboutcryonics_critics.html "Cryonics and critics"] (2012).  The Cryonics Society website.</ref> See: [[Atheism and cryonics]]

In a [[Zogby]] poll, 58% of [[Americans]] said that the bias of professors is a serious problem, while 39% said it is a "very serious" problem.<ref name="zogby">[http://web.archive.org/web/20070717185049/http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1334 "Zogby poll: Most think political bias among college professors a serious problem"] (July 10, 2007).  Zogby International website.  Retrieved from July 17, 2007 archive at Internet Archive.</ref>  The survey demonstrated further that "an overwhelming majority also believe that job security for college professors leaves them less motivated to do a good job than those professors who do not enjoy a tenured status—65% said they believe non-tenured professors are more motivated to do a good job in the classroom."<ref name="zogby" /> One study in 2008 found that "[[Texas]] university professors overwhelmingly favor [[Democratic]] candidates in their campaign contributions."<ref>Dunham, Richard and Brendel, Patrick (May 5, 2008).  [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5753471.html "Texas professors give to Democrats over GOP 3-to-1"].  ''Houston Chronicle'' website.</ref>

In a [[Zogby]] poll, 58% of [[Americans]] said that the bias of professors is a serious problem, while 39% said it is a "very serious" problem.<ref name="zogby">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070717185049/http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1334 "Zogby poll: Most think political bias among college professors a serious problem"] (July 10, 2007).  Zogby International website.  Retrieved from July 17, 2007 archive at Internet Archive.</ref>  The survey demonstrated further that "an overwhelming majority also believe that job security for college professors leaves them less motivated to do a good job than those professors who do not enjoy a tenured status—65% said they believe non-tenured professors are more motivated to do a good job in the classroom."<ref name="zogby" /> One study in 2008 found that "[[Texas]] university professors overwhelmingly favor [[Democratic]] candidates in their campaign contributions."<ref>Dunham, Richard and Brendel, Patrick (May 5, 2008).  [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5753471.html "Texas professors give to Democrats over GOP 3-to-1"].  ''Houston Chronicle'' website.</ref>

Professors rarely engage in wrongdoing while completing research.  "About 1,000 potential incidents of fabrication, falsification or plagiarism in scientific research go unreported every year, according to a survey that suggests such misconduct is far more prevalent than suspected....[A]bout 22 percent was by a professor or senior scientist."<ref>Lopatto, Elizabeth (June 18, 2006). [http://bazaarmodel.net/phorum/read.php?1,6187 "Scientific fraud may be more widespread than thought, poll says"].  Bloomberg News.  Reprinted at Bazaarmodel.net/Phorum/Archive.</ref>

Professors rarely engage in wrongdoing while completing research.  "About 1,000 potential incidents of fabrication, falsification or plagiarism in scientific research go unreported every year, according to a survey that suggests such misconduct is far more prevalent than suspected....[A]bout 22 percent was by a professor or senior scientist."<ref>Lopatto, Elizabeth (June 18, 2006). [http://bazaarmodel.net/phorum/read.php?1,6187 "Scientific fraud may be more widespread than thought, poll says"].  Bloomberg News.  Reprinted at Bazaarmodel.net/Phorum/Archive.</ref>