Here’s a slam from within the profession against a biased press:
[The] press corps has been ideologized into a part of the liberal establishment. More and more, the members of the Washington press share in total the worldview taken by the dominant liberals who control the Democratic Party. More and more they share axioms that profoundly influence their coverage of day-to-day events in the worlds of politics and government.
That was not yesterday but in 1972 from columnist Robert Novak at a Kenyon College conference on “The Mass Media and Modern Democracy,” from his The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington.
He zeros in on the journos of the day:
[A] rigid conformity has emerged among the Washington press corps, which reflects in part conformity in the colleges producing the new journalists. But beyond this, the young journalist who violates these axioms can scarcely expect a rapid rise up the ladder of advancement. . . . .
The result is a gap of widening proportions between the national journalist and the mass of Americans, paralleling a gap between liberal politicians and the masses, specifically the white workingman. [Italics added]
36 years ago, and still a problem. Notice “the colleges producing the new journalists.” Tenured radicals, twisted minds.
Blithe Spirit 
The charge the press like academia are staunchly left-wing is an old chestnut always re-ignited by the right-wing. Frankly I think it hard to prove either way. First we have to define liberal….then prove by conclusive evidence that the label fits. books are forever arguing both sides. as for Novak, he has himself morphed over the years so that I dont hear him so convinced of this vast left-wing conspiracy. Maybe his conversion has softened him
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Right-wing false charge, Jack? Pah-leeze! The full-time Obmania, the failure to cover his votes, his acquaintences and collegues in any detail, or should I say, only after the charges are brought out on the Internet? If a Republican were so inept under questioning, had so many unsavorary allies, the press would pound relentlessly until he disappeared. Obama and all Democrats get a free pass.
I won’d even go into detail about the sabotage of our security and war efforts by the press in its attempt to undermind Bush and the U.S.
Just the voting affiliation of most reporters (over 90% Democrat) should make even a Democrat partisan acknowledge reality. The media is in the tank for Democrats and anything that destroys the value system and economic system that made our country great.
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Sorry about the two types — moving too fast.
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Try typos this time.
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