Can anybody tell me how the Media is SOOO Liberal?

Question

Well, if you consider Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hanity, or Michael Savage Liberal then yeah I would agree that the Media is Liberal. Oh yeah and there are people with TV shows like Glen Beck or Bill Oreilly. Are they Liberal too?

Oh, yeah and if the Media was SOO Anit-God then why, why do I have about 4 Chriatian chanels on my T.V. that talk down about abortion and Homosexuality.

Why can't I get any Liberal talk shows in my local area. Everytime I turn the dial on AM, there's ONLY conservative talkers. I used to get Allan Colmes but then replaced it with freaking Rusty Humphries.

How are there still any Conservatives left anywhere if EVERYWHERE we turn there's the "Gay agenda", and other things they rant about... How are there still kids who believe in Conservative "values" if we are SOO Liberal.

I think it's funny how some people still can't get over Clinton. Gosh, it's OVER!!!!!!!!! Get over him!!

Oh yeah and These talk show hosts try their hardest to make the "Liberal" media look more Liberal than it really is.

Answer 1

You can't get liberal talk shows on the radio because they are garbage and few listen to them. You could try NPR, PBS or any network news for you fill of liberal spin. CNN is also a good source.

Answer 2

If Fox information gets extra visitors than all of the different information shows blended, as you conservatives declare. How can it somewhat is a liberal media? Plus you have taken a play suitable out of the Fox play e book. the situation being, is conservatives think of that something of the human beings are basically as uninformed and ignorant as they're, to no longer have the capacity to ascertain by that. suitable Trout? Edit: bill G. And there is not any longer shoddy biased reporting from Fox, suitable?

Answer 3

Objective data is required to substantiate the claim that the bias of the media is in fact a conservative one, and FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) has been compiling just that kind of data for 15 years now. FAIR has documented that conservative or right-leaning "think" tanks (like Heritage, Cato, RAND or our favourite, the "Family Research" council) received more than 50% of media citations in 1998 and 1999, while left-wing and progressive think tanks overally received less than 13%. FAIR's issue collection reveals, among other things, how the mass media

have helped create the myth that social security is failing, paving the way for the realization of one of the right's political wet dreams: privatization of social security
perpetuate conservative myths about wellfare and simultanously turn a blind eye to corporate wellfare
sensationalize street crime and ignore corporate crime
treat religious right groups such as the Promise Keepers with kid's gloves and thus help legitimize them in the public perception
generally avoid reporting on the lunatic fringe of the right, such as militias, neo-Nazis and anti-abortion terrorists, and in particular, avoid examining the personal and ideological connections these groups have to the Republican party
created the perception that there is widespread popular opposition to affirmative action when in fact most people support it
all but ignore waste, mismanagment and corruption in the military-industrial complex, especially as it relates to the planned missile defense system
downplayed protests against the IMF, the World Bank and the WTO by portraying protestors as leftist fringe groups, communists and anarchists
report corporate PR as legitimate scientific research.

The Liberal Media myth is a propaganda tool employed by conservative radio hosts, columnists and pundits as a convenient excuse why after 20 years their ideology has failed to convince the public at large, and as a memetic inocculation of the public against the evidence that the media bias is in fact a conservative one.

Not only does the liberal media claim have no basis in fact, it also does not make sense considering the issues of media ownership and influence of advertisers. Most media outlets are owned by a handful of conservative corporations and individuals, and funded by usually economically conservative advertisers who have no need for an educated, alert, independent and critical citizenry. What they need is a dumb, bored, cynical and apathetic public that has abandoned all critical faculties and is easily distracted by celebrity gossip and mindless sports games. A public that will believe anything it is told, or nothing at all, which amounts to the same end result. This pro-corporate conservative bias of the media is well-documented and shows itself in consistent under-reporting or ignoring of any information that would lead people to question the fundamental status quo.

Answer 4

Liberal media distortions is a sham. Media HAS become a spokesperson for many organizations and products, but, there is still, thank goodness, hard hitting reporting still being done in this country. I live in the DC area, and, the amount of negative stories about Clinton in his day made me chuckle each time I would hear the old liberal media press. Without a free press, we are in peril as a democracy, and, the dwindling of media on political grounds should be troublesome to all Americans.

Answer 5

The media is not at all liberal. You really have to search to get real liberal views, like live somewhere there's Air America Radio.
CONS just think that any questions of what their god GOP is doing are 'communist'
TV news is more superficial and incomplete than lib or con.
And most of the talk radio is very CON.

Answer 6

When I think of "liberal media," I think of the major newspapers, such as the NY Times, the Washington Post, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and for that matter USAToday. And I think of former anchorman Dan Rather. I also think of how Hollywood has not done one noticably negative portrayal of gay people for many years.

Fox News Channel sprang up and it has a large following because of the Dan Rathers in the media.

For conservatives to CONTINUE to whine about liberal media even NOW, when conservatives have managed to change things thanks to Fox, and Dan Rather has retired, might seem like beating a dead horse. But the complaint used to be valid.

Now, as to what is meant by conservatives who harrange about the "gay agenda," that is another story which I could talk about for hours. Do you really mean it, in your profile, that you invite others to talk to you?

Answer 7

It is funny how the party in the White House whines about how the media is dominated by the other party. When the Democrats were in the White House we would hear people whining about how right wing biased the media was. Now the shoe is on the other foot. Perhaps they are reporting the truth and not propaganda.

Answer 8

Here's a story that the NY TIMES Ran, enough said, If your gonna run a story in a major paper you better get your facts straight especially on the war.

On Sunday, The New York Times admitted it made a mistake. Actually, there were multiple "corrections" on page A2, including a pet food recall that was not expanded, and providing the right telephone number for a cabaret that was reviewed.

But the biggest correction, under the heading "Editor's Note," wasn't your garden variety misprint.

The Times admitted it distributed an article in the March 18 edition of its Sunday Magazine, while knowing the story contained some glaring inaccuracies. The article was about women who served in Iraq, the sexual abuse some say they endured, and their struggles in reclaiming their pre-war lives. But one of the women profiled, who said she'd been raped twice and suffered brain damage when a roadside bomb exploded next to her Humvee, was never actually IN Iraq. She lied. And, there was no roadside bomb. Readers were left to wonder if there'd been any sexual assaults.

The newspaper knew about the mistakes on March 12, six days before the magazine was distributed, and 13 days before it published the correction. The magazine was printed on March 9 — three days before the lies were discovered — but there was still plenty of time to reprint it. The cost might've been huge, but wouldn't it be worth it for a paper whose masthead proclaims "All the News That's Fit to Print?"

If the cost was prohibitive, why not run a correction the same day the magazine appeared? Why not let readers know that the newspaper had discovered one of the women profiled in the article lied to them? They did the best they could in confirming her story, found out too late for the printers, but in time for readers to know the truth. Why wait another week?

We asked The Times these questions, but they haven't given us any answers.

Their "Editor's Note" explains the woman in question, Amorita Randall, "... did not serve in Iraq, but may have become convinced she did." It also says, "If The Times had learned these facts before publication, it would not have included Ms. Randall in the article."

If this were true, why not set the record straight in a more timely fashion?

Viewers would certainly demand the same of us.

* After my story aired, I received a call from one of the other women quoted in the article. "Ann" wanted to be sure people know sex abuse exists in the military, and plenty of servicewomen are suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Military Sexual Trauma (MST). She also says the military has some excellent programs to help women (and men) deal with these kinds of issues, and says the treatment has helped her and many others. She suggests contacting the Veteran's Administration, and/or the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Answer 9

Conservative are brain washed they can't see what in front of their face and don't want to see. Its the way Hitler did, say something long enough than the masses will begin to believe. Mr. Murdock the one who owns fox Noise channel said if you could own the news and TV channels you could rule the world and he looks like he is doing a good job of fooling most of the people all of the time. With loud mouths like Limbaugh,savage,hannity and sick molester O'reilly. Just plain garbage.

Answer 10

The media has a MAJOR RIGHTWING BIAS in America.

Media Matters of America is a non-profit organization with a website that provides plenty of OBJECTIVE PROOF of rightwing bias and misinformation in the media.

http://www.mediamatters.org

Answer 11

Everyone you mentioned in the beginning of your post are self declared Conservative "talk show hosts." They tell you straight up what they are. They are not News.

Now, CBS News, CNN, MSNBC News, ABC News, etc are supposed to be NEWS outlets. Unbiased. This is the "media" that is charged with being Liberal.

They consistently slant their stories and reports to the left. Professional journalists vote Democrat 7 out of 10. Dan Rather.

Nuff said.