I have a difficult time watching, listening or reading news from the mainstream media due to its liberal bias. For years, liberals have attempted to persuade the public that they are "fair and balanced", but those of us of conservative bent know a liberal hoax when we see one.
Pew research has released results of a survey conducted by The Project for Excellence in Journalism and The Committee of Concerned Journalists. The research polled 547 media professionals and found the following results.
At national organizations (which includes print, TV and radio), the numbers break down like this: 34% liberal, 7% conservative. At local outlets: 23% liberal, 12% conservative. At Web sites: 27% call themselves liberals, 13% conservatives.
This contrasts with the self-assessment of the general public: 20% liberal, 33% conservative.
And then, of course, we have the "moderates", whom I like to call fence-sitters. The issues facing our society and nation are serious, and people who call themselves moderate must not understand the issues well enough to fall into either camp. They don't publicly stand for anything, either out of ignorance of the issues, or fear of what people will think. So I really don't care what percentage of moderates there are since their lack of position eliminates them from being taken seriously.
So there you have it. The media is slanted towards liberalism in a BIG way.
Thank you Fox, for being the only network with enough guts to buck the system. If the rest of the media is calling you "conservative", you must be reporting the news accurately.
It's Del.icio.us!
Furl It!
