[cookcounty]

"Why else would much of the mainstream media be scrambling so often to convince independents that Palin isn’t viable? .....Mainstream media types generally prefer theorizing about complex strategies and solutions to problems that were most likely created by over-theorizing in the first place. It’s how they were trained in academia and sometimes they just can’t help it."

Limbaugh put his finger on it when he noted that journalists don't go into their line of work to "get all the facts out." They go into journalism to "make a difference," which begs the question "What kind of difference?"

I have young college-agers who go to school with journalism majors. NONE of the ones I've met could be said to be anything less than doctrinaire liberals. They go into journalism for the purpose of shaping the news to leftist advantage.

[Lakeshark]

You’re sure right about most journalists going in to their profession “to make a difference”. I think someone needs to keep this list, the original Journolist, for cross(hair) reference. the Journolist in all its glory (notice how many from politico): http://thevailspot.blogspot.com/2011/01/journolist-membership.html

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

I have young college-agers who go to school with journalism majors. NONE of the ones I've met could be said to be anything less than doctrinaire liberals. They go into journalism for the purpose of shaping the news to leftist advantage.

You nailed it!