Sunday, April 24, 2005
Sunday Morning Headache
I assumed the headache I woke up with this morning was a migraine, but after reading Brian Anderson's and Charles Davenport's (not posted) columns in the N&R this morning, I am sure it was simply a warning not to read the paper.
Why do our conservative friends have this terminal case of feeling like the media and academia are out to get them?
Was there ever a time that the media was truly liberal? In any case, I really don't see the liberal bias these days. If anything, the media has swung toward making certain that the ownership of the various media outlets make a buck, which means publishing or broadcasting anything that will attract attention (the Schaivo debacle being a case in point).
Many news outlets are still trying to be responsible in their editorial policies (I believe that the N&R is making an effort at that), but let's face it, the market drives everything these days, if not overtly then subtlely. On the other hand, the cable 'news' channels have let it all hang out with biased anchors like Hannity and O'Reilly.
And then it's the "the colleges are hotbeds of liberalism" whine. Now, I gotta ask, where, did all of those Republicans come from that voted for GWB? What I mean is, are the colleges and universities only graduating liberals? Do our precious, unblemished children enter our college campuses unstained and unexposed to the dangers of this terrible world, only to be ambushed by those nasty liberals who will keep them from seeing the Truth and then spit them out as Democrats?
Oh please! When will the paranoia stop! They won the election already! Charles and Brian, must we fall lockstep into line? Are you that insecure?
Why do our conservative friends have this terminal case of feeling like the media and academia are out to get them?
Was there ever a time that the media was truly liberal? In any case, I really don't see the liberal bias these days. If anything, the media has swung toward making certain that the ownership of the various media outlets make a buck, which means publishing or broadcasting anything that will attract attention (the Schaivo debacle being a case in point).
Many news outlets are still trying to be responsible in their editorial policies (I believe that the N&R is making an effort at that), but let's face it, the market drives everything these days, if not overtly then subtlely. On the other hand, the cable 'news' channels have let it all hang out with biased anchors like Hannity and O'Reilly.
And then it's the "the colleges are hotbeds of liberalism" whine. Now, I gotta ask, where, did all of those Republicans come from that voted for GWB? What I mean is, are the colleges and universities only graduating liberals? Do our precious, unblemished children enter our college campuses unstained and unexposed to the dangers of this terrible world, only to be ambushed by those nasty liberals who will keep them from seeing the Truth and then spit them out as Democrats?
Oh please! When will the paranoia stop! They won the election already! Charles and Brian, must we fall lockstep into line? Are you that insecure?
# posted by Michael Christopher : 12:57 AM
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