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To: thames_sider who wrote (14076)	3/7/2006 12:38:58 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 543494

I'd simply lump this with the surveys indicating that the most educated classes are more opposed to the right wing. I'm not sure your exact definition of right wing here. It is true that people with Doctorates are more likely to vote for Democrats than for Republicans, people with no HS diploma are also more likely to vote for Democrats. In between Republicans get a majority. I'd also ask whether you think this is colouring their reporting? Yes I do, if perhaps not as much as the MRC or some other conservative groups or individuals would suggest. I don't think there is some conspiracy in the media (or even in the non-conservative media) to keep conservatives down or marginalize them (to be fair to the MRC I don't really think they are saying that there is). I don't think the majority of reporters as individuals decide to be biased against conservatives or Republicans. In fact I think they make an effort to be fair, but I think that the fact that as a whole reporters tend to be far more liberal than Americans in general (including Americans with roughly similar levels of education to the typical reporter) does put a bias in to the overall reporting. I'm less concerned about this bias than some conservatives both because I don't think it is as great as some conservatives do and because Fox News, talk radio, blogs ect. provide a counterbalance. do you think a fair conclusion might be that the more people who are not directly involved know, the less they opine with this current government? I'm not talking about the current government but bias against Republicans and/or conservatives in general, or for liberal ideas. I don't think it is accurate to say the more people understand government the more likely that are to be liberal Democrats or against conservatism or Republicans. Certainly I don't think there is any solid support for that idea. Tim