Is Liberal Media a myth?

Question

Pretty much ever major Ohio newspaper endorsed Republican U.S. Senator Mike DeWine for re-election. If the media was liberal wouldn't they all endorse Democrat Sherrod Brown?

I am aware that Cleveland's major newspaper, The Plain Dealer leans Conservative. I can't tell you about the papers elsewhere in this State.

Answer 1

You'd think ! Neither the media or the corporations that own them are liberal.

Answer 2

Yes, the media is really a conservative-owned business enterprise.

Newspapers are losing money because they made news a business enterprise by focusing on advertising and entertainment. In the end, they have failed to capture an audience who wants to read what they print.

Remember that the publicly owned airwaves were handed over to business who promised to serve the public good. But the public is ignored and these business do everything to charge you for the right to "view" or "listen" to what you truly own.

But every American has forgotten about your intrinsic right to influence the media.

Start asking the media to report real news-- things you need to know-- instead of what they dish out to you in order to make money.

Take your airwaves back.

Answer 3

Yes. Otherwise fat drug addicted rRepublican adio talking heads wouldn't be allowed to slam a disabled AMerican citizen and get away with it. The FCC is controlled by a Republican because the FCC Chairman is appointed by the President. The FCC has said nothing about the slandering verbal attack on Michael J Fox, but whoa, they got gray hair over artists/entertainers grabbing each other at a Superbowl half time show. What do you find offensive - a verbal attack on an honest American citizen with Parkinsons or a nipple you didn't see on a half time show (unless you were able to catch a glimpse during the 900th rerun ) ?

Answer 4

Perfect example of media bias:

Foley has been caught redhanded in sick, unscrupulous, deviate behaviour. It has not been found to be in any way illegal behaviour. Mel Foley was a dem who was convicted of having sex with a 16 yr old campaign volunteer. Mr Foley was convicted, not accused.

Now lets look at the respective coverage of these two men by the major media networks, ABC, CBS & NBC.

In the 12 days following the Foley revelations these 3 networks ran 150 primetime news segments on Foley's misdeeds.

These same 3 networks spent a little less effort on Mr Reynolds felonious assault of a minor. In the entire year between the discovery of his crime and his conviction there were 19 (yes nineteen) stories ran by the major networks. ABC in particular only mentioned it once.

Both men were elected members of Congress. Both were involved in a sex scandal during an election year. In the case of the democrat the networks were "circumspect" in their coverage because they didn't want to inflame and predjudice voters. In the case of the Republican, well I guess they thought he deserved it ???

Answer 5

Liberal bias has been proven over & over again in the last few presidencies. Unless the OH newspapers have conservative leanings, they must see DeWine as having several liberal views & thus beneficial to the Democrat party.

Answer 6

I think the media used to be more liberal than it is now. Now it's a mix of conservative echo-chamber (Fox and talk radio) and laziness. They just repeat whatever they hear elsewhere. There's very little real journalism going on.

I wonder why they were more liberal when people really dug for facts?

Answer 7

Of course the media isn't liberal. The media has been siding with the conservatives for at least 15 years. They spent 4 years attacking Clinton over adultery, but continued their unrelenting praise of Bush until he fiddled while New Orleans drowned.

Answer 8

Yes it is, but there are some that lean left and there are some that lean right. But the repuglicans take it off the board with their generalizations and half truths.

Answer 9

The greater the lie the more people will believe it.
Hitler said this over 60 years ago and it still rings true today.