[somniferum]

Most students of journalism are liberals, and most journalism departments are to the left of Karl Marx.

[AngryJawa]

Most journo students get into it to "make a difference". That tends to morph "journalism" into "advocacy". After a while, they can't even tell the difference anymore.

Given the demographics and the inbred nature of their business, it's unlikely that the 20 year old liberal do-gooder that started in J-school will ever be exposed to the things that tend to make 30 and 40 year old conservatives.

[jveritas]

And most of them have a low IQ and that is why they chose journalism in the first place. The IQ requirement to get a degree in journalism is very low.