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To: cnyndwllr who wrote (90576)	10/18/2008 10:06:11 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541787

you'd have to also demonstrate that they UNFAIRLY favored the other side. There's that "fair" again. Now how are you going to demonstrate "fair"? That's a rhetorical question. "The bias is real, just not as extreme as some of the claims made about it." That was quite a rant in response to a pretty moderate statement.

To: cnyndwllr who wrote (90576)	10/21/2008 11:55:45 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541787

Surely you don't expect those making their livings dealing with the issues of the day to end up without any personal opinions about those issues? No, but it would be nice if their personal opinions where more evenly distributed. Could it have something to do with the fact that the issues and "facts" that get you so thrilled aren't convincing to the highly educated and motivated men and women who get paid to understand and report on those issues? Very highly educated people tend to tilt Democrat as do uneducated people. People in between tend to lean Republican. I would guess that reporters and columnists are almost all college grads these days, but I don't think most of them have graduate degrees. Simply in terms of education levels (and not considering what the degree is in), that is a group that tends to lean Republican. In short, could it have something to do with the possibility that the Republicans are currently on the wrong side of the facts, the wrong side of the policies and the wrong side of history? So "they are biased, but they are biased the right way", is your answer. Boil it down and its "I lean liberal and/or pro-Democrat, so I think they are right." That just means they are biased in a way you like, it doesn't make the bias non-problematic. If that happens you'll suddenly find "media bias" is on your side. Unlikely, its ingrained in to the culture of the press and journalism schools, and it persists whatever the strengths of the arguments or candidates at any given time. Even when Republicans are winning overwhelmingly, the press tends to support Democrats more. And whatever the level of overall average support for each party of for conservative or liberal ideas in general the press and network news is always well to the left of the general population, or the population of college graduates.