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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction

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To: Brumar89 who wrote (80927)8/2/2010 10:28:25 AM
From: Peter Dierks2 Recommendations   of 90947
 
It's Good to Know Who's Cooking Your News
Kevin O'Brien, Cleveland Plain Dealer
July 29, 2010

I used to say the liberal bias of the American news media was not the result of some dark conspiracy. I meant it, too.

It's a harder argument to make than it used to be.

The Daily Caller, a Web-based news outlet with a conservative political slant, has been having a field day lately, quoting from posts on a listserv called the Journolist.

A listserv is an e-mail-driven communication tool used by people with a common interest. When a member posts a comment to the listserv's e-mail address, it is then distributed to all of the other members by e-mail.

The Journolist, started in 2007 by liberal Washington Post blogger Ezra Klein, linked several hundred journalists, political operatives and eggheads, until The Daily Caller started making public the things they had been saying to one another.

Their common interest was Barack Obama -- ensuring his election, promoting his agenda and savaging his critics.

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