Here's an article you will enjoy, I think. The NY Times is running a page one story about the conservative bias of the media and how the Democrats are trying to catch up. Isn't this an implicit slam at their own paper? Rush must be in ecstasy. No money could buy publicity like this!
I'll just excerpt it. You can link to the site for the full flavor. Try to imagine, to use Dershowitz' phrase, the shoe being on the other foot for this story. The mind boggles.
Outflanked Democrats Wonder How to Catch Up in Media Wars
By JIM RUTENBERG
Worried that their party has been outgunned in the political propaganda wars by conservative radio and television personalities, influential Democrats are scouring the nation for a liberal answer to Rush Limbaugh and the many others on the deep bench of Republican friends.
For years, Democrats have groused about their inability to balance what they see as the increasing influence over the electorate by advocates of Republican policies.
But they say their concerns have taken on a new urgency because of the rise to the top of the cable news ratings by the Fox News Channel, considered by many to have a conservative slant, and the loss of the Senate to the Republicans in November. Some Democrats say the election outcome enhanced the influence of Fox News and personalities like Mr. Limbaugh.
The efforts among influential Democrats, particularly liberals, range from a grass-roots talent search for progressive radio hosts to the creation of research organizations to provide a Democratic spin for the news media, to nascent discussions by wealthy supporters about starting a cable network with a liberal bent.
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Democrats have long claimed that the circuit has corralled conservative thinkers, and more important, conservative media, into a disciplined message of the week that gets repeated attention from Web sites like the Drudge Report, Mr. Limbaugh's radio show, Fox News's prime-time talk shows and the editorial pages of The Washington Times and The Wall Street Journal.
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