craigslist - the new drudge report?

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Originally Posted by lookout123

Jag actually believes that mainstream media really does ATTEMPT to be objective. I think, and many agree, that the mainstream media merely pretends to be objective - and doesn't do a very good job at that.

Look, I can spot a liberal bias at 100 yards just as well as the next guy, but I think this might be a bit unfair. I think the intent of the mainstream is to be unbiased, and to give balanced perspective. The problem is, at UT stated, that 90% of the journalists, and I would guess the numbers are about the same for the editorial staff, are dems and liberal dems at that. That's the temperature of the water in which they swim. If that's your starting place, your centerline, then being balanced means getting a moderate democrat to your right and a communist to your left to give perspective.

A bit of an exageration, I know, but the principle holds. They don't merely intend to be balanced, they beleive that they ARE balanced, and they can't figure out where Fox News' 50 bajillion viewers are coming from.