The Conservative Double-Standard
When Air America went down, the conservative consensus was that the failure was not due to any bias, but that liberal radio was non-profitable.
So what happens when rumors about Tucker Carlson's show circling the drain start surfacing? Well, via Think Progress, some conservatives see this as a "decision by MSNBC [that] will silence a conservative voice, part of a move by MSNBC to swing left and become ‘FOX for the Liberals,’ dropping any pretense of objectivity or balance."
In other words: the free market doesn't apply to conservative voices (whether in print, radio or television). Let me guess: they need some kind of conservative "affirmative action" because the media is so tilted, right?
Sigh.
So what happens when rumors about Tucker Carlson's show circling the drain start surfacing? Well, via Think Progress, some conservatives see this as a "decision by MSNBC [that] will silence a conservative voice, part of a move by MSNBC to swing left and become ‘FOX for the Liberals,’ dropping any pretense of objectivity or balance."
In other words: the free market doesn't apply to conservative voices (whether in print, radio or television). Let me guess: they need some kind of conservative "affirmative action" because the media is so tilted, right?
Sigh.
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