Former WP Reporter: Mainstream Media Biases "Are Overwhelmingly To The Left"

NewsBusters.org ^ | 9/25/2006 | NewsBusters

[Mike Bates]

In today's Washington Post, Howard Kurtz writes of comments made by Thomas Edsall, who until recently served as a political reporter for the Post.

Mr. Edsall is quoted from an interview: (The) "mainstream media presents itself as unbiased, when in fact there are built into it many biases, and they are overwhelmingly to the left."

He also mentions he's never voted for a Republican presidential candidate and estimates that reporters vote for Democrats by somewhere between 15 to 1 and 25 to 1.

OK, so the mainstream media's persistent liberal bias isn't earth shattering news to most of us. Still, it's good to occasionally see an honest insider willing to admit the bias exists.

[dfwgator]

And water is wet.

[Always Right]

And water is wet.

Yes, but 99.999% of left-wingers would never admit it.

[r9etb]

Yes, but 99.999% of left-wingers would never admit it.

You wouldn't either, if you habitually walked on the stuff like they do...

[roses of sharon]

The MSM are not biased.

They are political orgs, who hire political hacks to pose as journalists, and run a 24/7 political campaign.

For the last 40 years.

[Landru]

"Mr. Edsall is quoted from an interview: (The) 'mainstream media presents itself as unbiased, when in fact there are built into it many biases, and they are overwhelmingly to the left.'"

Hear-Ye, Hear-Ye!
Welcome to the future. :o)

"He also mentions he's never voted for a Republican presidential candidate and estimates that reporters vote for Democrats by somewhere between 15 to 1 and 25 to 1."

Yea but what's important here is what he didn't mention.
The *new* book -- written by himself, of course -- due out anytime, now.
Painfully transparent?
Perhaps.

"OK, so the mainstream media's persistent liberal bias isn't earth shattering news to most of us."

Well, most of us. {g}

"Still, it's good to occasionally see an honest insider willing to admit the bias exists."

Yea, it is.

...even if only occasionally. ;^)

[Tijeras_Slim]

And water is wet.

And polluted, which is all Bush's fault.

[Mike Bates]

They are political orgs, who hire political hacks to pose as journalists. . .

Ever see the numbers on how many journalism students want to - not report facts - but "improve the world" or some such inanity?

Sobering.

[Mike Bates]

You've been paying attention again.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Earlier story here:

Shocker: Veteran WaPo Reporter Admits MSM's Bias Is "Overwhelmingly To The Left"
NewsBusters.org | 22 September 2006 | Dave Pierre

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Yep.