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From Right Field: Leftist bias inherent in the major media
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I contend that there is a liberal bias in the major media. By major media I mean ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, The New York Times, Washington Times, and the Los Angeles Times. Any conservative realizes this bias exists. Our problem has been convincing the rest of the population that this blatant bias exists and that all news is filtered through a leftist lens.
Conservatives often cite examples of stories that had an obvious liberal slant. Perhaps the best example is how the major media treated Bob Packwood’s (R-Ore.) sexual harassment charges compared to Bill Clinton’s rape charge.
Bob Packwood resigned under intense media scrutiny in which story after story portrayed him as a sexual predator. Clinton, on the other hand, was treated like royalty by having his rape charge by Juanita Broderick buried in the news along with the harassment charge of Kathleen Willey. This is a blatant example of bias.
Yet another argument is that the media still promotes capitalism, so they must tilt to the right if they have any tilt at all. This argument is weak unless leftists have adopted the philosophy that anybody that loves America and enjoys capitalism is a right-wing radical. Until now the debate about a left-wing bias in the media has been speculation and an interesting topic of debate. A 28-year veteran of CBS news has just published a book called “Bias.” The author, Bernard Goldberg, is a democrat that has never voted for a republican. He claims in his book that he confronted the president of CBS news about the slanted news, to which the president said, “All of the major news stations have a liberal bias.”
His whole book documents the blatant slant the major networks give the news. As one can imagine, this has the major news in an uproar. They are calling Bernie Goldberg a traitor and a disgrace to the business. Notice that he is a traitor and not a liar. A traitor reveals secrets that are true, a liar spreads false information.
Bernie is a traitor for revealing to the public what conservatives already know, that is, that the left controls the media and slants the news in the its favor. So there we have it. A 28-year veteran of the news confirming what conservatives knew all along, that the media tilts left. What can I say to all the naysayers out there besides, “See, I told you so!”
Jerel Thomas