Heads They Win, Tails You Lose

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When the GOP was in power, the mainstream media's justification for their "all-conservative, all-the-time" programming was that the majority earned the right to have their voice heard.

With the GOP licking their wounds over two consecutive election losses, the mainstrem media's justification for their "all-conservative, all-the-time" programming is that a minority of dissenting opinion exists, and they deserve to have their voices heard.

Meanwhile, on blogs, talk radio and some TV networks conservatives continue to scream that "the liberal media" is in love with Obama. I don't think the coverage he's gotten about his stimulus bill backs that belief up. And there's a big difference between one reporter being a fan of Obama and an entire newpaper or cable network showering the guy with praises.

I'm not sure whether it's because conservatives have shoe-horned more of their players into the media, or because the media fears the right more than the left, or because liberals don't traditionally walk in lockstep on most things. Maybe it's a combination of the three.

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daveawayfromhome said…
Conservative justification for the "liberal media" is polling that shows that a majority of reporters are, in fact, liberals. And, yes, this happens to be true, which makes sense when you consider that their job is to question authority, any authority, something conservatives (especially Authoritarian Republican conservatives) arent particularly good at.
What they dont say is that while the majority of reporters are liberals, the majority of management are conservatives, the imbalance growing greater the higher up the management tree you go. And as anyone who's ever worked in any kind of company can tell you, it doesnt really matter if the lower-level employees say "black"; if the boss says "white", then "white" it is.
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