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The '''Liberal Elite''' is a term used to describe those high-ranking members of [[society]] – [[politicians]], college educators and celebrities – who regularly promote the [[Liberalism|liberal agenda]] to unsuspecting teenagers and young people.

The '''Liberal Elite''' is a term used to describe those high-ranking members of [[society]] – [[politicians]], college educators and celebrities – who regularly promote the [[Liberalism|liberal agenda]] to unsuspecting teenagers and young people.

The Liberal Elite believe they are superior to others. Not in a physical sense but mentally, they have their high ground and nobody dare challenge. If you challenge the Liberal Elite thinking and beliefs, you risk being ridiculed.  

The Liberal Elite believe they are superior to others. Not in a physical sense but mentally, they claim to be on high ground and they declare that nobody dare challenge them. They arrogantly believe and proclaim that if anyone challenges the Liberal Elite's thinking and beliefs, such challengers risk being ridiculed.  

==Description of liberal elitism==

==Description of liberal elitism==

{{Cquote|They just believe what they believe and they think their job is to drag the rest of the redneck morons toward the light. They don’t understand that the so-called redneck morons, the people they don’t like, are the people that grew up with values, patriotism, all those things. And they hate all those words.<ref name="GiveVoice">[https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/05/18/roger-ailes-i-built-fox-to-give-voice-to-patriotic-average-americans-hated-by-media-elites/ Roger Ailes: I Built Fox to Give Voice to Patriotic Average Americans Hated by Media Elites]. ''Breitbart News''. May 18, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2017.</ref>}}

{{Cquote|They just believe what they believe and they think their job is to drag the rest of the redneck morons toward the light. They don’t understand that the so-called redneck morons, the people they don’t like, are the people that grew up with values, patriotism, all those things. And they hate all those words.<ref name="GiveVoice">[https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/05/18/roger-ailes-i-built-fox-to-give-voice-to-patriotic-average-americans-hated-by-media-elites/ Roger Ailes: I Built Fox to Give Voice to Patriotic Average Americans Hated by Media Elites]. ''Breitbart News''. May 18, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2017.</ref>}}

Emmett Rensen wrote at ''Vox'' about American liberalism and liberal elitism:

Emmett Rensen wrote at ''[[Vox]]'' about American liberalism and liberal elitism:

{{Cquote|There is a smug style in American liberalism. It has been growing these past decades. It is a way of conducting politics, predicated on the belief that American life is not divided by moral difference or policy divergence — not really — but by the failure of half the country to know what's good for them.

{{Cquote|There is a smug style in American liberalism. It has been growing these past decades. It is a way of conducting politics, predicated on the belief that American life is not divided by moral difference or policy divergence — not really — but by the failure of half the country to know what's good for them.

== 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>[https://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>[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.).   

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.).   

===Sources of bias===

===Sources of bias===

[[File:Palin-newsweek.jpg|thumb|300px|Example of deliberate propaganda, with an un-presidential photo and a lead headline in a purported "news magazine":  "She's bad news for the GOP--and everybody else, too." The goal is to give Palin opponents ammunition to fight her popularity. ''Newsweek'' issue dated Nov. 23, 2009]]

[[File:Palin-newsweek.jpg|thumb|300px|Example of deliberate propaganda, with an un-presidential photo and a lead headline in a purported "news magazine":  "She's bad news for the GOP--and everybody else, too." The goal is to give Palin opponents ammunition to fight her popularity. ''Newsweek'' issue dated Nov. 23, 2009]]

=== Academic Studies and theories of media bias ===

=== Academic Studies and theories of media bias ===

''The Media Elite,'' co-authored in 1986 by political scientists Robert Lichter, Stanley Rothman, and Linda Lichter is among the most cited academic study of political bias in news reporting. These researchers surveyed journalists at national media outlets such as the [[New York Times]], [[Washington Post]], and the broadcast networks. They found that most of the responding journalists were Democratic voters whose attitudes were far to the left of the general public on a variety of topics: [[homosexual]] rights, [[abortion]], [[affirmative action]], and so on.  The study argued that the way in which journalists wrote about controversial issues was directly related to their personal political positions.

''The Media Elite,'' co-authored in 1986 by political scientists Robert Lichter, Stanley Rothman, and Linda Lichter is among the most cited academic study of political bias in news reporting. These researchers surveyed journalists at national media outlets such as the [[New York Times]], [[Washington Post]], and the broadcast networks. They found that most of the responding journalists were Democratic voters whose attitudes were far to the left of the general public on a variety of topics: [[homosexual]] rights, [[abortion]], [[affirmative action]], and so on.  The study argued that the way in which journalists wrote about controversial issues was directly related to their personal political positions.

== Academia and liberal elitism ==

== Academia and liberal elitism ==

''See also:'' [[Professor values|Academia and liberal elitism]]

''See also:'' [[Professor values|Academia and liberal elitism]]

=== 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). [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]]

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 ===

[[Andrew Breitbart]], the founder of the conservative news site [[Breitbart News Network]], at one point intended to create a category "Big Education" in order to expose professor values, but he died before he could implement it.

[[Andrew Breitbart]], the founder of the conservative news site [[Breitbart News Network]], at one point intended to create a category "Big Education" in order to expose professor values, but he died before he could implement it.

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Elite deviance]]

*[[Elite deviance]]

*[[Professor values|Liberalism and academia]]

*[[Professor values|Liberalism and academia]]