Posted on 03/17/2006 8:41:21 AM PST by mathprof
As progressive media critics, we at Media Matters for America start off at something of a disadvantage. Unlike our counterparts on the right, we don’t have one simple answer to every question having to do with the news media. We don’t believe the media are irredeemably “biased,” or that reporters have hidden agendas and we can tell you what they are. What we do believe is that all too often, the American news media fail to serve the public. [snip]
We have to grant, however, that the right’s sustained accusation of “bias” is both a powerful organizing tool (sustaining their supporters’ belief that people are out to get them) and an effective way of “working the refs.” Knowing that they face constant charges of bias, reporters respond by bending over backward to show how tough they can be on progressives and Democrats. [snip]
The Lunatic Fringe
We at Media Matters for America spend most of our time investigating claims, tracking down information, and policing the inaccuracies that appear in the news media every day.[snip]
As it happens, lots of people – including journalists - don’t watch Bill O’Reilly, listen to Rush Limbaugh, or read Ann Coulter, so they have no idea just what kind of bile issues forth from these and other sources every day. One of the most striking imbalances in American media today is the way extremism and hate from the right are tolerated and even lauded, while there is nothing remotely comparable on the left. Take Coulter, who regularly advocates the murder of people with whom she disagrees. Is there anyone on the left who does the same, and is given the media megaphones she gets?
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The sound of dinosaurs mating.
Just him CRYING....WWAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH and they wonder why we question the left's supporting of terrorists.....sheesh.
anyone believe these morons?
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