[Lando Lincoln]

Whether conservatives agree 100% with President Bush’s policies or not, this fight must be won in order to regain some semblance of balance in our culture and prevent the “nanny state” from taking greater control of our lives.

Lando

[Minuteman23]

Good article. But the opening sentence, As the presidential campaign rolls on, it is becoming more obvious every day that the media has virtually abandoned any pretense of objectivity and has become a partisan participant in the political battle, could have been the opening sentence of any election-year article since 1960.

[Peach]

The mainstream media have been AWOL for years.

Consider what they don't report as a sign of bias, as well as what they do report.

The Senate Intelligence Committee report says that Al Qaeda was training with Iraq on chemical, biological and nuclear materials.

The same Report says that they received 78 individual reports that Iraq was planning to attack the United States. The reports go back to 1998 to the year 2003.

Say those last few sentences a few times and ask yourself...have you ever heard that reported anywhere????

FNC reported it once; I heard it. But that is the only place it's been reported to my knowledge.

[cripplecreek]

Take a look at Lou Dobbs. Rarely were the words "illegal imigrant" uttered by him during the clinton administration. Now that Bush is president immigration issues have become a fairly regular issue on his show.

[the Real fifi]

But the misnamed Campaign Finance Reform Act will--in the 60 days before the election--block independent organizations from responding to their lies, and give them more power than ever.

[Piquaboy]

I wonder what the percentage is of those who still watch the big three?

[G.Mason]

"They obviously have not come up with a solution and their desperation is growing along with the realization that their forces are dwindling and their message of anti-Americanism and elitism is losing its appeal, except among die-hard leftists and rebellious youth trying to emulate the anti-war crowd of the 70’s, thinking that such activism is still cool and hip."

Ah ... but they have!

They see the writing on the proverbial wall.

Win or lose, the Democrat Party and their enablers, will pursue an equal, or more than equal representation of leftist programing. They will be in Congress demanding this, (though the facts are bogus, considering all media outlets) and the Republicans, wishing to be "good guys & gals", will acceede.

JMHO ;)

[LibKill]

Good post, as always.

[Uncle Hal]

Very interesting article. He is right the liberal media has thrown away all since of objectivity and is openly rooting for the Democrats and tearing down the GOP. The NY Times and the LA Times are the worst. These newspapers do not even try to hide their biases.

[hemogoblin]

The 2004 election will be the high-water mark of the liberal media.

A misused phrase; I'd say their high-water mark -- their period of greatest stature -- was when we were pulling out of Vietnam. Maybe he meant "last stand," which is what I'm hoping it'll be.

[nothingnew]

Since only about 18% of the voters in this country consider themselves liberal and about 41% consider themselves conservative...

Interesting. Where do these figures come from?

FMCDH(BITS)

[Criminal Number 18F]

I think talk radio is less significant than the net. I didn't fire my TV for radio, I fired it because I can get the most important headlines, as well as information of specific interest to me, much more rapidly and more in depth on the net.

In broadcast media you are at the mercy of their schedule (how many times have we heard a Fox junkie's agony when they cut away from something important to report breathlessly on routine procedural lawyering in some local-news court case? Do the names JonBenet and Laci ring a bell? I mean, who gives a damn?) On the net if your favourite news source is having an all-Laci-all-the-time meltdown, information you care about is only a click away.

You can also find commentary that addresses your issues. If you are a homeschooler, there are people on the net who talk to you; the media thinks you're a weirdo and probably a member of some weird cult... like those ones that worship the dead guy on a stick, what's his name? If you are concerned about gun rights, there are people here who do not assume you are a drooling, racist moron with your own cousins in your ancestry; the national media has a meme that they replay where guns are concerned. Et cetera.

In fact, the three networks, the big dailies, the news magazines have marginalized themselves. They write as if the only people that count are flouncing down Castro Street or sipping latte in TriBeCa. For them, it may be true, but it also means that those are the only people who are interested in their stories. And as they are finding out, you reach a tipping point where only your own echo chamber listens to you anymore.

I can't even get factual science information in popular magazines any more, because everything is seen through their lens of negativity and political shibboleths. An example is Howard Gardner's theory of "Multiple Intelligences." You will have a hard time finding a news magazine writer who doesn't believe it's proven science. You will have a harder time finding a scientist who doesn't believe it's nonsense.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F