“Liberal Bias Deniers”
For years folks on the right side of the political spectrum have complained about what they perceive as a clear liberal bias in the mainstream media (MSM). The MSM has sloughed this all off as the ranting of Limbaugh “Ditto Heads”, brainwashed Fox News viewers and Tea Party racists. Recently Tucker Carlson and The Daily Caller (of which I am an investor) began releasing some of the postings from the “JournoList” – an online invitation only newsgroup of over 400 liberal journalists, academics and other media decision makers.
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When the curtain was pulled back, it was worse than anyone had imagined. The way the MSM conspires to shape the news to protect their preferred politicians while trying to destroy anyone who disagrees with them was Orwellian. After reading some of the postings, anyone who still claims the MSM is playing it straight with the American people can only be described as a “Liberal Bias Denier.”
When the Rev. Jeremiah Wright story first broke, as a group they discussed how best to protect then presidential candidate Barack Obama. Spencer Ackerman of the Washington Independent suggested they pick one of Obama’s conservative critics, Ackerman wrote, “Fred Barnes, Karl Rove, who cares — and call them racists.”
Fred Barnes responded in the Wall Street Journal:
Now, after learning I’d been targeted for a smear attack by a member of an online clique of liberal journalists, I’m inclined to amend my response. Not to say there’s a media conspiracy, but at least to note that hundreds of journalists have gotten together, on an online listserv called JournoList, to promote liberalism and liberal politicians at the expense of traditional journalism.
My guess is that this and other revelations about JournoList will deepen the distrust of the national press.
On the flip side, The Daily Caller noted this reaction to McCain’s selection of Palin as a running mate:
In the hours after Sen. John McCain announced his choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate in the last presidential race, members of an online forum called Journolist struggled to make sense of the pick. Many of them were liberal reporters, and in some cases their comments reflected a journalist’s instinct to figure out the meaning of a story.
But in many other exchanges, the Journolisters clearly had another, more partisan goal in mind: to formulate the most effective talking points in order to defeat Palin and McCain and help elect Barack Obama president. The tone was more campaign headquarters than newsroom.
The Daily Caller also noted Sarah Spitz, a National Public Radio Producer, gloated she would enjoy watching Rush Limbaugh die:
In a post to the list-serv Journolist, an online meeting place for liberal journalists, Spitz wrote that she would “Laugh loudly like a maniac and watch his eyes bug out” as Limbaugh writhed in torment.
In boasting that she would gleefully watch a man die in front of her eyes, Spitz seemed to shock even herself. “I never knew I had this much hate in me,” she wrote. “But he deserves it.”
Spitz’s hatred for Limbaugh seems intemperate, even imbalanced. On Journolist, where conservatives are regarded not as opponents but as enemies, it barely raised an eyebrow.
Using their own words to expose the venom and shameless political cheerleading of the liberal MSM has been devastation. Freely admitting, when they thought no one is watching, what they truly believe has opened many eyes and shredded their invisibility cloak of “professional journalism.”
Anyone who, with a straight face, still claims the mainstream media isn’t dominated by hard, agenda driven leftists is obviously a “Liberal Bias Denier.”
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Posted by The Editors
on Aug 12 2010. Filed under Politics.
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