[Gondring]

Actually no. I think that most journalists in Washington have absolutely NO CLUE that they are so intensely biased.

ABSOLUTELY CORRECT! As a former newspaper editor, I can confirm this is very true. Many of the staff mean well, but it's difficult to recruit high-quality staff when the salaries in journalism are so low.

[pollyannaish]

Thanks for the additional insight. I am frustrated when people say this is an intentional agenda because intentional agendas are easy to understand and tend to be honest about themselves. They are easily caught and easily understood.

These people are clueless and have no idea of why the public can't see what nice fair people they are. They feel like victims of some grand conspiracy. Combined with arrogance, this is a much more insidious problem because it is based in self-deception. And much, much more difficult to correct.