Honest question, Please without anger explain how the US media is Liberal in it's Bias?

Question

All of the major networks are owned by mega conglomerates..
ABC..IS Disney.(check out their political contributions for the previous two elections)
NBC.. is GE, who gave 100% of what they are allowed to contribute to Republican and big Business interests.
and
CBS. which is Viacom.. who also gave heavily to the right for the last two elections..
we don't even have to talk about Fox as everyone knows they are completely connected to the BushCo, (John Ellis is George Bush's first cousin, he is also the head of Fox New Dept)

Further, Colin Powell's son Michael who became the FCC's chairman http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/02/news/companies/fcc_rules/
admits to a "party line" restructuring of the major media including Television, Newspapers and Radio..

where is the Liberalism in any of these companies..
please explain this to me..

http://mediastudy.com/articles/jellis.html

ok so I am waiting for an answer to the question, saying that there is Kennedy money and that I can't see the forest is not an answer... seriously justify this constant complaint from the right..

Answer 1

Now that's what *I'M* talkin' about!

People, I've known several people in media, and I mean ON AIR or WITH BYLINE at CNN, NBC, Washington Post, CBS. Each one's politics? Republican.

ed. to Willis: Katie Couric is pretty darned conservative.

ed. to Jeremy P: NBC is owned by General Electric - did you say "liberal elite"? ABC, which aired a conservative-authored dramatization of the 9/11 Commission Report that was incredulously critical of Clinton's administration, is owned by Disney, about as white-bread an entertainment institution as ever was.

ed. to Wonka: You might as well say that Katrina was God's own Roomba for New Orleans. Could you be any less transparent?

ed. to Box778899 and Matt D: Cheney's office used Judith Miller of the NY Times to print leaks that they fed her - then, when he appeared on the Sunday morning talk shows, he would say, "The New York Times says..." in order to buttress his arguments. Times isn't liberal - it's a stooge.

Answer 2

I'll stay right with your question -HOW is the media liberal in its bias?

They are (IF they are) liberal in selection of content and emphasis of presentation. Example of selection: more time for Hillary's campaign then, say Romney. Example of presentation: "Hillary had no comment," and "Romney was not able to answer." One of them connotes an inability (a weakness) and the other suggests a deliberate decision to shut up. I made these up, but you get the idea. Remember, I'm answering the "how" question -not producing evidence that any media outlet is or ir not liberal.

Real social scientists try to get a handle on this kind of thing by watching the news and scanning for the frequency and emotional "loading" of certain key words and phrases which focus groups of ordinary stiffs like you and me say are "liberal," "conservative," or whatever.

But let's look at your logic for a moment and see if there are any problems here. You cite that the political expenditures of corporations might suggest their bias or at least challenge the bias people say they have. Why? It would make sense to me that the media would support the party they believe would allow them to operate in their own interests, one of which surely is to make a few bucks. And that might mean less regulation, lower taxes. On the other hand, when it comes to audience appeal, it is all about the ratings and a liberal position might be judged to get more important viewers then a conservative one.

Again, that's all a "maybe." I'm simply saying that a conservative approach in programming or news spin doesn't necessarily follow from support of people who give you more freedom to operate they way you want. Unless you can show the connection.

Sorta like me: I'm damned conservative when it comes to how you say my taxes should be used; but I'm a liberal when it comes to ME saying how I'll use my money.

Answer 3

For instance when places like the NY Times have the chance to be patriotic and NOT publish one of the secret ways we are fighting terror, and they go ahead and publish it anyway just because they hate Bush and want Iraq to fail.

You can see the liberal bias rear its ugly head in MANY ways many times. For instance have you EVER heard one of those networks say ANYTHING good about Bush? No, its always the story that he cant do anything right, he lied, he misled, maybe even blew up the trade centers himself. A truly objective news source would point out both what he has done well and done wrong, not just demonize him like the left does.

If you would like more examples on how the media is this country is far left, listen to Rush. He has a daily stack of quotes from the media he goes through every single day that expose them.

Look, I dont mind people having bias or even a little color. But what I do mind is when they try to cloak what they are, send the message at the same time that they are independent, objective, authoritative, and people that dont share their views should be silenced or discredited. That is why on liberal radio shows like Diane Rhiem Ive maybe heard 1-2 conservative voices per year. Sorry but I want to hear BOTH sides, not just 1 and that is what makes places like FOXnews great is because they give both sides a fair hearing which is even more dangerous to libs than merely having a conservative bias.

Answer 4

As a military wife, I can tell you where I see it most.
The Iraqi War....They are always posting the deaths, destruction and horrible things that are happening. But they NEVER post when some of the most truly amazing things happen. When babies are rescued, or the day a group of soldiers stopped three Iraqi men from kidnapping and raping a 15yr old Iraqi girl, or when they pitched in to provide heart surgery for a woman, or when an Iraqi baby badly burned and lost her entire family would only respond to a particular soldier, so he went in and stayed with her nearly 24hrs a day and rocked her to sleep, held her until she was doing better.
Or when a small child was being beaten for not selling enough sodas to the soldiers to make money for his unemployed father, and the soldiers stepped in, bought what they could from the boy to keep his father from beating him.
Or when a family of Iraqis asks a soldier if they can help them come to America one day. Or when a group of school girls runs up to a convoy and shows them the new cross necklace they are finally allowed to wear and admit they are Christian.
They media never shows that stuff. If it Bleeds it leads, profit is what they care about.

Answer 5

Concrete example: Last night's nbc news.
Lady Says "The extra pollen in the air is due to faster plant growth due to the green house affect"

Could have said "The green house affect will give us bigger crops, but there's extra pollen too"

Nice slant! It's all like that. Totally disenpowering news.

Then there is the slide in the fact for a test of public reaction of acceptance.

RE: Containor houses @ end of story Williams adds "because we manufacture so little"
Could have said "because we import more than export"

These are just two. Last night alone there were about ten.

Answer 6

I think it comes more from the media only showing what they think is most news worthy. Not neccessarily a political stand point, but an "entertainment" one. Though, by showing mostly death and destruction in the Middle East instead of the good that IS being done many take it as the media supporting the liberals in the persuit to give the American people more fuel to say "Stop the War"

Answer 7

I believe the media is fair in their reporting. However, most of them are Democrats. I'm happy about that. They are highly educated people who spend their days covering the news. Wouldn't it be a bummer, with all that knowlege, if most members of the media were Republicans?

Answer 8

great example. "if you don't like the PORK, get rid of the Pigs ....." Osama Bin Laden. Circa July 1999. Perhaps we are pursuing the wrong "evil doers"

Answer 9

It is the only way they can get their heads around the idea that the world at large doesn't fall into their neat little right-wing pigeonholes. If it weren't for Faux news, their brains would just shut off.

The problem with the studies cited above is that it is entirely subjective what one finds to be favorable to one side or the other. Is reporting the horrors of this war inherently biased to the left?

Answer 10

That's what is generally referred to as a 'myth'.

There are some media outlets that put a political slant on their reporting - however the idea that there is a 'liberal bias' in media is just the brain droppings of neo-conservatives trying to cover their azzes.