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To: TimF who wrote (157854)	1/10/2003 7:53:32 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580037

The facts just don't support your contention here. Most media outlets are to the left of America as a whole. Journalists vote Democratic far more then the population as a whole does. And they ignore or bash Conservative ideas that have majority or strong minority support. You are free to argue that conservatism is wrong or bad for the country, but it is solidly in the mainstream or Bush would not have been elected and Reagan would not have won by a huge margin. If conservatism was so outside the mainstream the Democrats would win in a rout almost every time at least if the Republicans ran a conservative. If what you're saying is true, then a majority of tv news viewers will be watching FOX in the not too distant future since conservative viewers now have a choice. Its true Reagan was popular but he was also a centrist Rep. Bush Sr. who was not as close to the center lasted one term. In fact, I believe most news media are close to center as well.........it may appear only to rightist conservatives that they are liberal. And while D. Ray goes on and on about newspeople being Dems.........I have seen no facts to support that position. So two possible contentions........yours.......that the population is basically conservative and have not had a choice in their tv viewing til now......or that most Americans are mostly near right or left of center, and so candidates and media outlets close to center do well. Time will tell who's right. But I must point out that when Bush goes too far, Americans begin to act like a stubborn mule; to whit, the polls that state they do not want to go to war without clear evidence of WMDs. That position, which has only grown stronger in recent weeks, runs counter to Bush's earlier stance and has caused him to moderate that earlier position. ted