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though its always said the Media are neutral , but they have always some inclination.

2006-09-24 00:19:02 · 7 answers · asked by Smiling face 2 in News & Events Media & Journalism

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The Wall Street Journal's editorial page is well-known for being an articulate conservative voice and I have found lots of mid-size local newspapers (mid-size cities) have fairly conservative editorial pages....
I think there's a lot of misunderstanding about the way a newspaper works.
In a regular newspaper - a standard newspaper, not an alternative weekly or something - the editorial page (with the opinion editorials, letters to the editor, etc.) and the op-ed page (opposite the editorial page, with guest columnists, syndicated columnists, and sometimes staff columnists) is where the opinions go. The news pages are where the opinions don't go.

The "opinion editors" who write the opinion columns are not the same people as the "assignment editors" who work with the news reporters. They keep those people separate so that the opinion people do not tell the news people what to write or how to write it. The "assignment editors" have the job of making sure that the news reporters get both sides of the story.

The "assignment editors" also have the job of deciding what stories to pick up from the Associated Press wire service) because every newspaper wants to be able to provide some coverage of things it wasn't able to send its own staff to report on.
If you want to know what the "opinion editors'" position is when they are speaking as the official opinion voice of the newspaper, then read the editorial page.

But a paper whose opinion editors lean Republican aren't going to totally exclude liberal points of view -- nor will a paper whose opinion editors lean Democratic exclude conservative points of view.

A newspaper with a conservative editorial page will also run some Op-Ed items from liberal syndicated columnists, because it's their duty to present a diversity of opinion. A newspaper with a liberal editorial page will also run Op-Ed items from conservatives, because it's their duty to present a diversity of opinion.

(Recent example: Many conservatives tend to knock the New York Times, but just in the last week or so the New York Times had a long Op-Ed piece by John Yoo, a leading exponent of the conservative position that there should be a super-strong executive branch.)

And the opinion editors don't tell the news side what to cover. At no responsible newspaper will the "news side" simply ignore a newsworthy event just because "some of our readers would prefer to ignore it on political grounds."

There are plenty of bloggers from both the left and the right whose view is "I want a newspaper that presents all the news and opinions and movie reviews and everything in a way that reinforces all my own opinions." Well, that's exactly what any reputable newspaper tries NOT to do.

2006-09-24 02:12:01 · answer #1 · answered by kbc10 4 · 1 0

Most journalists are liberals. There have been polls done that show like 95% of journalists say they are liberal. It shows in all newspapers. Only one I can think of might support Republicans, The Wall Street Journal.

2006-09-24 09:13:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

The only one I can think of that half way supports the Republicans is the Wall Street Journal.

2006-09-24 07:22:44 · answer #3 · answered by Texan 6 · 2 0

I think that Washington Post and new York Times are NOT republican oriented. Most media are supportive of republicans.

2006-09-24 07:22:28 · answer #4 · answered by St♥rmy Skye 6 · 0 1

None that I've read. The media seems very biased to me. I think most of the media is liberal.

2006-09-24 07:22:33 · answer #5 · answered by vanhammer 7 · 1 0

LOL ! LOL even HARDER ! News organizations are ALWAYS LIBERAL ! Except for the "NEW YORK TIMES" They are so far left wing Liberal, that I'm convinced that they are "HARD CORE" COMMUNIST'S ! The NY Times rep went down the toilet when they got popped making up story's. It's "YELLOW" journalism at it's best COMRAD !

2006-09-24 07:41:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

The best way to find out is probably looking at the endorsements for the 2004 presidential race:

http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/cands/natendorse5.html

2006-09-24 08:29:24 · answer #7 · answered by Vogon Poet 5 · 0 1

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