Posted on 05/25/2004 5:31:25 AM PDT by shortstop
Over 90% of the media is liberal. This study is bogus.
Ever met any journalism students?
Every one that I have ever met went into it with the idea that America is a terrible, corrupt place and that their job would be to expose this!
They were liberal idealogues BEFORE they began their missions.
There is more to it than that. The major news coalition, ie: networks, major newspaper chains, all get their stories from the same sources, hence; "managed" news. Fortunately, there are some conservative (read: Truth) news outlets. My favorite, and one which I heartily recommend is; The New American. Check it out on their website; www.tna.com subscription price for a year is only $39.00 (26 issues). Then you can get the the truth and the whole story, so you won't have to subject yourself to the "Nightly Diatribe".
What a stupid statement. Are we to believe that everyone who graduates from college with a bachelor's degree has somehow been brainwashed into a liberal?
My opinion is more credible. Being called liberal is very bad and most journalists will not tell you that they are liberal. However it does snot take a genius to figure out that over 90% of journalist are liberal and they vote Democrat.
As a DU troll, your days may be numbered on this site.
Every one that I have ever met went into it with the idea that America is a terrible, corrupt place and that their job would be to expose this!
This has some truth to it, as most professors in today's journalism schools came of age during and made their bones in the Watergate era, if not slightly after it. Instinctively they do not trust the government, though I submit that instinctively, no good journalist should trust any source.
You'd be surprised how often leftists say the media can't be liberal because corporations run them.
Utter insanity.
Brainwashing is not a guaranteed effect. If you attempt to brainwash everyone, some may be brainwashed while others will see through your attempt, or simply be unaffected. Therefor, if we agree that American universities attempt to brainwash students into liberal politics, then a group which is more exposed will likely be more greatly affected.
Not that I agree with the entire concept, but it does make logical sense. I think the more plausible culprit is the fly on crap analogy. That is, liberals want to be journalists because they believe it is a sacred profession. One would expect pious persons to enter the church, and likewise one would expect liberals to enter journalism.
"I wonder which is more credible, your opinion or this study?"
You wonder because you are clueless and stupid. You submit a 'study' pushed by the notorious left-wing front FAIR as evidence that the media is not leftist. Please read the bio of FAIR's founder here:
http://www.fair.org/extra/writers/cohen.html
No doubt PRAVDA considers itself fair and balanced as well. FAIR exists only to combat the original, and far more compelling research of the MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER, found here:
http://www.mrc.org
For starters, do a little google search (once you are booted off FR and have the time) and look up the TIME magazine article in which nearly 80% of White House correspondents identified themselves as left of center. Then, my kitty-toasted butt monkey, ask yourself if you would consider it a problem if 80% of our national 'eyes and ears' in the national press club in Washington were members of the Nazi Party (well, technically the Nazi's are socialists so I suppose that diminishes my point somewhat).
Take a hike.
I disagree. I believe writers want to be journalists; writers, in general, are more liberal than non-writers; ergo, journalists tend to be more liberal than non-journalists.
If you participate here, you will be insulted.
Well, could be, but I think we are barking up opposite sides of the same tree.
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