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[[Image:Stossel.jpg|thumbnail|150px|right|[[John Stossel]]]]

[[Image:Stossel.jpg|thumbnail|150px|right|[[John Stossel]]]]

'''Liberal bias''' is partisan support for [[liberal]] positions or policies. According to the most extreme conservatives, this bias pervades encyclopedias, periodicals and [[broadcast media]], and the Internet. It is allegedly expressed by reporters and other journalists in mainstream media and by teachers in [[public school]] and in many private schools.  It supposedly includes techniques such as [[placement bias]], [[photo bias]] and [[liberal style]].   

'''Liberal bias''' is partisan support for [[liberal]] positions or policies. This bias pervades encyclopedias, periodicals and [[broadcast media]], and the Internet. It is expressed by reporters and other journalists in mainstream media and by teachers in [[public school]] and in many private schools.  It includes techniques such as [[placement bias]], [[photo bias]] and [[liberal style]].   

In the absence of clear rules to prevent the bias, ultra-conservatives allege it will inevitably occur due to:

In the absence of clear rules to prevent the bias, it will inevitably occur due to:

*political correctness

*political correctness

*a tendency to exaggerate and deceive to attract attention

*a tendency to exaggerate and deceive to attract attention

==The Media Confronts Liberal Bias==

==The Media Confronts Liberal Bias==

Far-Right fanatic [[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)|]]'', P. 60</ref>