Typical of Zogby, he concludes that those easily deceived conservatives, convinced of a left-wing bias in the media, simply don’t understand what they are reading, can’t distinguish bias from slick marketing and are pleased to fall for anything they are told just as long as it comes from a like minded blogger. His point...might as well read the NY Times cause that’s where all the “real” news comes from anyhow. And Zogby has a reputation of being a devout liberal. Darned if I can understand it.
ABC, during the last election cycle: Employees contributed $160,000 to 0bama. $5000 to McCain. No bias there, just perception, huh?
Typical of Zogby, he concludes that those easily deceived conservatives, convinced of a left-wing bias in the media, simply don’t understand what they are reading, can’t distinguish bias from slick marketing and are pleased to fall for anything they are told just as long as it comes from a like minded blogger. His point...might as well read the NY Times cause that’s where all the “real” news comes from anyhow. And Zogby has a reputation of being a devout liberal. Darned if I can understand it.My sympathies lie with the newspapers, and not because of any personal political bias. As a pollster who tries very hard to objectively measure and interpret the public mood, I have been assailed from both the left and the right. That tells me I must be correct most of the time. Unfortunately, neither the left nor the right sees it that way.
The right doesn't see it that way because it is illogical if not demonstrably untrue. If someone is spinning, they have no compunction about spinning when they talk about the question of whether they are spinning. When the newspapers claim to be objective they certainly, obviously are spinning. Claiming to be objective is a self-negating assertion because subjectivity is nothing other than taking your own objectivity for granted. Accept that obvious reality and you recognize that complaints about "right wing bias in the newspapers" is just part of the spin.