Why is the "mainstream" media so biased?

Question

What drives the majority of most mainstream (television, newspaper, talkshow hosts, etc.) media outlets and personalities to be so liberal. It is as apparent as day and night that these organizations are not only liberal, but moreso, anti American. When did this trend begin, why is this so?

Answer 1

It began when people stopped reporting facts and started giving their opinions. Now it is commonplace and people think that the opinions are as valid as facts. Sad that so few recognize the hypocracy and inaccuracy in it.

Answer 2

I'm not sure how it started. I've had a lot of personal experience within the field, and I've found it to be very true. Sorry people who claim it not to be true, ownership doesn't equal interferrance if that is what you're implying. I don't think it's fair to say it's anti American. But it's very liberal biased. When I worked at a paper they would put only print the letters from readers who were anti-concervative. I found that to be very one-sided and unfair. Liberals tend to think concervative programs are media so it's a myth. BUt these are shows, entertainment. Not news source. Newspapers and news programs are mostly liberal biased and people take them as completely true, which is scary.

Answer 3

The "media" is biased but it's leaning right not left. It's biased because the people that can afford to own and run media outlets are of a similar class and share similar ideas.

Answer 4

How about an example? (If this really a question).

Okay, no example-guess that means you are repeating what you've heard. The liberal media is a myth-more liberal reporters controlled by a consolidated right wing ownership is what's true.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200602140002

In every year examined by the study -- 1997 - 2005 -- more panels tilted right (a greater number of Republicans/conservatives than Democrats/progressives) than tilted left. In some years, there were two, three, or even four times as many righttitled panels as left-tilted panels.

Answer 5

My media is not biased and most definitely not anit American. It's called C-Span and for those of you who say that its biased. I know what the politicans say because I watch them say it. I know what people say during news conferences because I watch the news conferences. Thats where I get all my political news.

Answer 6

LOL liberal biased, huh? Read this:

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Media/MediaManip_Parenti.html

Anybody that thinks the media doesnt have an agenda is naive or just plain ignorant.

Answer 7

Good question! And either Yahoo is jammed up, or all my friends and I cannot get Yahoo to post our questions about the former ACLU president who is charged with child porn. Have you seen that in the media?

I think I have seen this trend developing my entire life. I think it started during the Vietnam War. It is because the media has determined their job to be something more than reporter. Somehow they have become our nanny.

Answer 8

No, it is NOT apparent that these organizations are liberal or anti-American. They are all owned by very conservative corporations who only care about the bottom line, not about politics at all. That is, all except Fox News, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch who is himself extremely right wing and expects and orders his network to act accordingly.

What IS apaprent is that you are confusing media outlets that say things you don't like with media outlets that are liberal. We can disagree on philosophies, but we don't get to make up our own facts.

Answer 9

People keep buying into it. There would be major shifts if people refused to purchase biased media.

Answer 10

Has it occurred to you that maybe they aren't liberally biased, but that maybe Bush isn't being honest with you?

No. A conspiracy is much more fashionable.