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<ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/2010/03/are_liberals_atheists_more_evo.html James Lewis, ''Are Liberals, Atheists More Evolved than Conservatives?''], American Thinker, March 14, 2010</ref>}}

<ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/2010/03/are_liberals_atheists_more_evo.html James Lewis, ''Are Liberals, Atheists More Evolved than Conservatives?''], American Thinker, March 14, 2010</ref>}}

Princeton Theological Seminary theologian and noted Bible commentator Albert Barnes (1798-1870) comments on [[Romans 1]]:22, ''Professing themselves to be wise they became fools'', that  

Princeton Theological Seminary theologian and noted Bible commentator Albert Barnes (1798–1870) comments on [[Romans 1]]:22, ''Professing themselves to be wise they became fools'', that  

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this was the common boast of the philosophers of antiquity. The very word by which they chose to be called, “philosophers,” means literally “lovers of wisdom.”  That it was their boast that they were wise, is well known..[but] they became really foolish in their opinions and conduct.  

this was the common boast of the philosophers of antiquity. The very word by which they chose to be called, “philosophers,” means literally “lovers of wisdom.”  That it was their boast that they were wise, is well known..[but] they became really foolish in their opinions and conduct.  

Lippmann opens his highly influential book  ''Public Opinion'' with an anecdote about a small group of people on a distant island, and until a new copy of newspaper was brought in by ship the people on the island would continue their same arguments in perpetuity.<ref>Public Opinion, page 1.</ref>  ''Public Opinion'' offers a rare glimpse inside the journalistic mind about the means and ability to manipulate readers to achieve a desired outcome.

Lippmann opens his highly influential book  ''Public Opinion'' with an anecdote about a small group of people on a distant island, and until a new copy of newspaper was brought in by ship the people on the island would continue their same arguments in perpetuity.<ref>Public Opinion, page 1.</ref>  ''Public Opinion'' offers a rare glimpse inside the journalistic mind about the means and ability to manipulate readers to achieve a desired outcome.

Lippmann also called for journalism to be more closely associated with universities,<ref name=meaning /> with the end result that all journalists would be trained by left wing college professors.  This ensures that journalism graduates would be of only one mindset.

Lippmann also called for journalism to be more closely associated with universities,<ref name=meaning /> with the result that all journalists would be trained by left wing college professors.  This ensures that journalism graduates would be of only one mindset.

A strong liberal bias already existed by 1992, when only 7% of journalists voted for GOP nominee [[George H. W. Bush]].<ref>Harper, Jennifer (December 4, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/4/long-term-press-bias-only-7-of-journalists-voted-f/ Long-term press bias: Only 7% of journalists voted for George H.W. Bush in 1992]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 4, 2018.</ref>

A strong liberal bias already existed by 1992, when only 7% of journalists voted for GOP nominee [[George H. W. Bush]].<ref>Harper, Jennifer (December 4, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/4/long-term-press-bias-only-7-of-journalists-voted-f/ Long-term press bias: Only 7% of journalists voted for George H.W. Bush in 1992]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 4, 2018.</ref>

The [[Vietnam War]], in which America was the victor in military battles, is perhaps the most manifest modern example of how propaganda affected the outcome of a war, with much of the mainstream media being an all too willing instrument of such, especially CBS News with [[Walter Cronkite]]. Cronkite's infamous report on the Tet Offensive was suspected to be one of the reasons why then-President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] decided not to pursue reelection.<ref>http://www.iancfriedman.com/?p=383</ref>

The [[Vietnam War]], in which America was the victor in military battles, is perhaps the most manifest modern example of how propaganda affected the outcome of a war, with much of the mainstream media being an all too willing instrument of such, especially CBS News with [[Walter Cronkite]]. Cronkite's infamous report on the Tet Offensive was suspected to be one of the reasons why then-President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] decided not to pursue reelection.<ref>http://www.iancfriedman.com/?p=383</ref>

In an exchange during one of his liaison trips to Hanoi, Colonel Harry G. Summers, Jr. told his North Vietnamese counterpart, Colonel Tu, "You know, you never beat us on the battlefield," Colonel Tu responded, "That may be so, but it is also irrelevant."<ref>On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War, Harry G. Summers</ref>

In an exchange during one of his liaison trips to Hanoi, Colonel Harry G. Summers Jr. told his North Vietnamese counterpart, Colonel Tu, "You know, you never beat us on the battlefield," Colonel Tu responded, "That may be so, but it is also irrelevant."<ref>On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War, Harry G. Summers</ref>

The Tet Offensive was portrayed by the New York liberal media as a defeat for the U.S., while in fact, it was an almost disastrous defeat for the North Vietnamese, as General Westmoreland and historians agree. The Viet Cong not only lost half of the 90,000 troops they had committed to battle, but it was virtually destroyed as an army.<ref>http://news-california.com/?p=700</ref> Some false reports made by biased journalists include claiming the VC managed to overrun five floors of the American embassy, when in reality they never even managed to get past the main entrance, or Newsweek showing 18 out of 29 images depicting Marines either dead or huddled behind cover, neglecting to mention that they were pushing back the NVA onslaught.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/01/tet-offensive-media-bias-50th-anniversary/</ref>

The Tet Offensive was portrayed by the New York liberal media as a defeat for the U.S., while in fact, it was an almost disastrous defeat for the North Vietnamese, as General Westmoreland and historians agree. The Viet Cong not only lost half of the 90,000 troops they had committed to battle, but it was virtually destroyed as an army.<ref>http://news-california.com/?p=700</ref> Some false reports made by biased journalists include claiming the VC managed to overrun five floors of the American embassy, when in reality they never even managed to get past the main entrance, or Newsweek showing 18 out of 29 images depicting Marines either dead or huddled behind cover, neglecting to mention that they were pushing back the NVA onslaught.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/01/tet-offensive-media-bias-50th-anniversary/</ref>

===New York Times, The===

===New York Times, The===

Peter D. Feaver of the ''[[Boston Globe]]'' noted on the sixth anniversary of the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks]] that [[MoveOn.org]] ran a full-page advertisement in the ''[[New York Times]]'' accusing General [[David Petraeus]] of activities befitting a traitor. The advertisement alleges, without [[evidence]], that Petraeus would not  give an honest, professional assessment of [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]].  Feaver noted, "The MoveOn.org ad is vicious ... a deliberate attack on the senior Army commander, in a major daily newspaper, with the intention of destroying as much of his [[credibility]] as possible...part of an elaborate effort to undermine public support for the [[Iraq war]], and was foreshadowed by an unnamed [[Democratic]] senator who told a reporter, 'No one wants to call [Petraeus] a liar on national TV . . . The expectation is that the outside groups will do this for us.' The effort is funded by powerful [[special interest]]s, and has all the trappings of a major political campaign."<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/09/11/moveons_mccarthy_moment/ MoveOn's McCarthy moment], By Peter D. Feaver, ''Boston Globe'', September 11, 2007.</ref> Within a day it was discovered the ''New York Times'' gave MoveOn.org a “hefty discount” for its ad questioning Petraeus’ integrity. According to the director of public relations for the ''New York Times'', “the open rate for an ad of that size and type is $181,692.” A spokesman for MoveOn.org confirmed that the [[liberal activist group]] paid only $65,000 for the ad - a reduction of more than $116,000 from the stated rate.<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/09132007/news/nationalnews/times_gives_lefties_a_hefty_di.htm Time Gives Lefties a Hefty Discount for "Betray us" Ad], Charles Hurt, ''New York Post'', September 13, 2007.</ref>

Peter D. Feaver of the ''[[Boston Globe]]'' noted on the sixth anniversary of the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks]] that [[MoveOn.org]] ran a full-page advertisement in the ''[[New York Times]]'' accusing General [[David Petraeus]] of activities befitting a traitor. The advertisement alleges, without [[evidence]], that Petraeus would not  give an honest, professional assessment of [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]].  Feaver noted, "The MoveOn.org ad is vicious ... a deliberate attack on the senior Army commander, in a major daily newspaper, with the intention of destroying as much of his [[credibility]] as possible...part of an elaborate effort to undermine public support for the [[Iraq war]], and was foreshadowed by an unnamed [[Democratic]] senator who told a reporter, 'No one wants to call [Petraeus] a liar on national TV . . . The expectation is that the outside groups will do this for us.' The effort is funded by powerful [[special interest]]s, and has all the trappings of a major political campaign."<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/09/11/moveons_mccarthy_moment/ MoveOn's McCarthy moment], By Peter D. Feaver, ''Boston Globe'', September 11, 2007.</ref> Within a day it was discovered the ''New York Times'' gave MoveOn.org a “hefty discount” for its ad questioning Petraeus’ integrity. According to the director of public relations for the ''New York Times'', “the open rate for an ad of that size and type is $181,692.” A spokesman for MoveOn.org confirmed that the [[liberal activist group]] paid only $65,000 for the ad - a reduction of more than $116,000 from the stated rate.<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/09132007/news/nationalnews/times_gives_lefties_a_hefty_di.htm Time Gives Lefties a Hefty Discount for "Betray us" Ad], Charles Hurt, ''New York Post'', September 13, 2007.</ref>

In July 2008, the New York Times rejected an opinion piece written by [[John McCain]], which was responding to earlier piece written by [[Barack Obama]].<ref>http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/07/21/mccain-campaign-says-new-york-times-blocked-op-ed-response-to-obama/</ref>  This came after the New York Times had previously published at least seven op-ed pieces by [[McCain]] since 1996, and endorsed him in the 2008 Republican Presidential primaries.  The reason the New York Times cited for the July 2008 rejection was that they were asking the McCain campaign to provide a more substantive piece which would contrast his positions with the details of the Obama piece on a point-by-point basis.<ref>https://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/the-times-and-the-mccain-op-ed/</ref>

In July 2008, the New York Times rejected an opinion piece written by [[John McCain]], which was responding to earlier piece written by [[Barack Obama]].<ref>http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/07/21/mccain-campaign-says-new-york-times-blocked-op-ed-response-to-obama/</ref>  This came after the New York Times had previously published at least seven op-ed pieces by [[McCain]] since 1996, and endorsed him in the 2008 Republican presidential primaries.  The reason the New York Times cited for the July 2008 rejection was that they were asking the McCain campaign to provide a more substantive piece which would contrast his positions with the details of the Obama piece on a point-by-point basis.<ref>https://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/the-times-and-the-mccain-op-ed/</ref>

===Newsweek Magazine===

===Newsweek Magazine===

[[File:Velshi-riot.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|While buildings burned behind him, Ali Velshi of MSNBC reported with a straight face that [[leftist]] "protests" in [[DFL riots|Minneapolis]] were "not generally speaking unruly."<ref>*[https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2020/05/29/msnbc-reporter-front-burning-liquor-store-protest-not-generally-speaking-unruly/ MSNBC Reporter In Front Of Burning Liquor Store: Protest “Not Generally Speaking Unruly”]<br>*[https://youtu.be/aKnX5wci404 The Naked Gun - "Nothing to see here!"]</ref>]]

[[File:Velshi-riot.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|While buildings burned behind him, Ali Velshi of MSNBC reported with a straight face that [[leftist]] "protests" in [[DFL riots|Minneapolis]] were "not generally speaking unruly."<ref>*[https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2020/05/29/msnbc-reporter-front-burning-liquor-store-protest-not-generally-speaking-unruly/ MSNBC Reporter In Front Of Burning Liquor Store: Protest “Not Generally Speaking Unruly”]<br>*[https://youtu.be/aKnX5wci404 The Naked Gun - "Nothing to see here!"]</ref>]]

[[File:Fiery but mostly peaceful.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Communist [[agitprop]]: "'''Fiery but mostly peaceful'''" during the [[2020 Marxist uprising]]s in [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]].]]

[[File:Fiery but mostly peaceful.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Communist [[agitprop]]: "'''Fiery but mostly peaceful'''" during the [[2020 Marxist uprising]]s in [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]].]]

The following liberal media sites and personalities display varying levels of liberal bias and reporting of fake news, with politically-focused YouTube channels such as The Young Turks and certain personalities like Samantha Bee and Michael Moore being utterly blatant, outright and outrageous in their lies (and, in the case of those with YouTube presences, whose videos' comment sections are a virtual echo chamber of hive-minded liberals who repeat those lies):

The following liberal media sites and personalities display varying levels of liberal bias and reporting of fake news, with politically focused YouTube channels such as The Young Turks and certain personalities like Samantha Bee and Michael Moore being utterly blatant, outright and outrageous in their lies (and, in the case of those with YouTube presences, whose videos' comment sections are a virtual echo chamber of hive-minded liberals who repeat those lies):

* [[ABC]] News

* [[ABC]] News

===Twitter executives' hate speech===

===Twitter executives' hate speech===

[[File:Twitter-employee-tweet.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A [[Twitter]] engineer tweet 3 days after [[President Trump]]'s first inauguration.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/10/17/twitter-employees-reveal-deep-hatred-for-trump/</ref>]]

[[File:Twitter-employee-tweet.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A [[Twitter]] engineer tweet 3 days after [[President Trump]]'s first inauguration.<ref name="nypost.com">https://nypost.com/2020/10/17/twitter-employees-reveal-deep-hatred-for-trump/</ref>]]

Twitter’s senior executives have a long history of anti-Trump [[hatred]], a ''[[New York Post]]'' review of dozens of accounts of top employees found.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/10/17/twitter-employees-reveal-deep-hatred-for-trump/</ref>  The venom, vitriol and, in some cases, vows to help Joe Biden win the 2020 presidential election.

Twitter's senior executives have a long history of anti-Trump [[hatred]], a ''[[New York Post]]'' review of dozens of accounts of top employees found.<ref name="nypost.com"/>  The venom, vitriol and, in some cases, vows to help Joe Biden win the 2020 presidential election.

“GET HIM OUT,” posted a senior site reliability engineer on August 18, 2020  “What a f–king baboon.”  One manager with 9 years on the job said he was quite keen to watch Biden “crush [Trump] in the election” and that he hoped the president would “be utterly humiliated while also suffering greatly from [[Covid 19|#COVID19]].”  He calls Trump “a f–king idiot” and the voters who elected him — “hysterically f–king [[stupid]] people.”  Others publicly wish the president harm.  One Twitter engineering manager said Trump should “die in a fire” in a January 2017 tweet. A year later, he rang in the new year by saying “Happy 2018! Donald Trump is dead!”

“GET HIM OUT,” posted a senior site reliability engineer on August 18, 2020  “What a f–king baboon.”  One manager with 9 years on the job said he was quite keen to watch Biden “crush [Trump] in the election” and that he hoped the president would “be utterly humiliated while also suffering greatly from [[Covid 19|#COVID19]].”  He calls Trump “a f–king idiot” and the voters who elected him — “hysterically f–king [[stupid]] people.”  Others publicly wish the president harm.  One Twitter engineering manager said Trump should “die in a fire” in a January 2017 tweet. A year later, he rang in the new year by saying “Happy 2018! Donald Trump is dead!”

None of these comments have ever been flagged by Twitter or been subject to any other form of official sanction, even as the social-media giant dishes out discipline to others for sharing legitimate news stories about Joe Biden. After a fly landed on Vice President [[Mike Pence]]’s head during his debate with Sen. [[Kamala Harris]], the Twitter vice president noted crudely that flies are “drawn to sh-t.”

None of these comments have ever been flagged by Twitter or been subject to any other form of official sanction, even as the social-media giant dishes out discipline to others for sharing legitimate news stories about Joe Biden. After a fly landed on Vice President [[Mike Pence]]’s head during his debate with Sen. [[Kamala Harris]], the Twitter vice president noted crudely that flies are “drawn to sh-t.”

Spreading misinformation and lies about the Trump family is common. A senior staff engineer inquired why the media wasn’t looking into [[Melania Trump]]’s “possible stint as a sex worker.” The first lady denied this allegation and successfully sued over it.  Twitter’s “head of integrity” [[Yoel Roth]], who helped author the policy update used by the company to flag and label posts from President Trump, compared [[White House]] officials to [[Nazi]]s and Trump to a “racist tangerine.”

Spreading misinformation and lies about the Trump family is common. A senior staff engineer inquired why the media wasn't looking into [[Melania Trump]]’s “possible stint as a sex worker.” The first lady denied this allegation and successfully sued over it.  Twitter's “head of integrity” [[Yoel Roth]], who helped author the policy update used by the company to flag and label posts from President Trump, compared [[White House]] officials to [[Nazi]]s and Trump to a “racist tangerine.”

===Biden change===

===Biden change===

{{See also|Conservative media|Alternative media}}

{{See also|Conservative media|Alternative media}}

[[Ann Coulter]] wrote:

[[Ann Coulter]] wrote:

"To obscure the overwhelming liberal dominance of the media, the few designated media '[[conservatives]]' are cited tirelessly in testimonies to the [[ideological]] diversity in the nation's [[newsroom]]s. Democrats in the media are [[editors]], national [[correspondent]]s, [[news anchor]]s, and [[reporter]]s. Republicans in the media are 'from the right' [[polemic]]ists grudgingly tolerated within the liberal behemoth. Republican views must be accompanied by a conspicuous warning: '[[Partisan]] Conservative Opinion Coming!' [[Neutral]] news slots are reserved for Democrats exclusively. 'Balance' is created by having a liberal host a debate between a liberal and a moderate Republican."<ref>''[[Slander (book)|]]'', P. 60</ref>

"To obscure the overwhelming liberal dominance of the media, the few designated media '[[conservatives]]' are cited tirelessly in testimonies to the [[ideological]] diversity in the nation's [[newsroom]]s. Democrats in the media are [[editors]], national [[correspondent]]s, [[news anchor]]s, and [[reporter]]s. Republicans in the media are 'from the right' [[polemic]]ists grudgingly tolerated within the liberal behemoth. Republican views must be accompanied by a conspicuous warning: '[[Partisan]] Conservative Opinion Coming!' [[Neutral]] news slots are reserved for Democrats exclusively. 'Balance' is created by having a liberal host a debate between a liberal and a moderate Republican."<ref>''[[Slander (book)|Slander]]'', P. 60</ref>

In June 2009, [[Republican]]s in the House of Representatives created the Media Caucus to fight the Democrat-aligned media propaganda.

In June 2009, [[Republican]]s in the House of Representatives created the Media Caucus to fight the Democrat-aligned media propaganda.