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To: steve harris who wrote (282874)	4/4/2006 4:41:47 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 1572893

Re: because no one else reads them? You've been Peoplemarked by a scant 17 bums and Ignored by 62 SI members whereas I've been Peoplemarked by a comfortable 29-strong following (and Ignored by 40 half-wits)... Now, as you are aware, I've always been suspicious about these "data" but please tell me, what led you to the same opinion --that is, the opinion that these data are bogus? Gus

To: steve harris who wrote (282874)	4/4/2006 12:40:27 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572893

Surveys galore have shown that somewhere around 90 percent of the writers, editors and other personnel in the news media are Democrats and only about 10 percent are Republicans. We depend on the news media for information about government and politics, foreign affairs and war, public policy and demographic trends -- for a picture of the world around us. But the news comes from people 90 percent of whom are on one side of the political divide. Doesn't sound like an ideal situation. Of course, a lot of people in the news business say it doesn't make any difference. I remember a conversation I had with a broadcast news executive many years ago. "Doesn't the fact that 90 percent of your people are Democrats affect your work product?" I asked. "Oh, no, no," he said. "Our people are professional. They have standards of objectivity and professionalism, so that their own views don't affect the news." "So what you're saying," I said, "is that your work product would be identical if 90 percent of your people were Republicans." He quickly replied, "No, then it would be biased." ... billmillan.blogspot.com