News Biz: Unbiased and Out of Business
by Debra J. Saunders
Why are most newspaper reporters and editors liberal? I've been working in the business for more than 20 years, and I can't give a quick, definitive answer to the question. But I do think a contributing factor is that editors, like other managers, tend to hire and reward staffers who think as they do. They see their positions as neutral, which is human nature — and is reinforced by the fact that the folks in the desks around them vote the same way they do.
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Posted by: Matt
Comment: #1
Thu May 7, 2009 1:04 AM
I wish that Saunders had mentioned that Roesgens' temper tantrum didn't even address the fact that all those "tax credits" and "stimulus packages" are money that is either borrowed from future generations or stolen from taxpayers. Maybe the TEA protestor isn't concerned about just getting all that he can from the government teat; maybe he's concerned that A) government is going economic revival in a completely wrongheaded way, B) that taxes are simply too high, period and C) that there are bigger concerns in life than simply grabbing all the money you can. But Roesgen is a diehard lefty and doesn't understand such things, does she? Her attitude is typical of the liberal mentality that dominates newsrooms; and worse, sometimes the media's mask slips off and they revert to what they really are - shills for the Democrats. No wonder Americans are tuning out in droves and tuning in to the most viable alternative.
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Posted by: Matt
Comment: #2
Thu May 7, 2009 1:05 AM
Re: James A, Sweeney. I wish you'd learn to express yourself coherently instead of just babbling on and on pointlessly like this. And why do I always see your wretched comments under EVERY political columnist on this site?
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Posted by: Jerry Kircus
Comment: #3
Thu May 7, 2009 6:55 AM
News organizations are businesses attempting to make money for shareholders, and are governed by supply and demand. They are owned by conservative, hard nosed business people intent on making a profit. They hire liberal reporters because the stories they file bring in more advertising dollars, because more people identify with the liberal point of view. Conservatives are in the minority and don't seem to understand their position. Our country was founded by liberals. In 1776 conservatives were called loyalists.
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Posted by: Timothy L. Pennell
Comment: #4
Tue May 5, 2009 4:14 AM
How is FOX, somehow not 'fair', because they promoted events that THEIR HOSTS were going to be attending? Isn't that what ANYBODY would do? And instead of challenging FOXs' promoting the TEA Parties, the REAL STORY, is the RIDICULE and DISPARAGEMENT of these AMERICANS, from the other Networks.
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Posted by: Nick_in_Virginia
Comment: #5
Tue May 5, 2009 6:01 AM
Why is Sean Hannity considered a "Fox" host? His radio show (which got his career going) is broadcast by (I believe) ABC radio; why is he not considered an "ABC" host?
Of course, it is the TV exposure that is most visible (although Rush Limbaugh does pretty good without it). So this is really a nit.
But regarding Susan Roesgens, I would have fired her for what she did. She should have at least been suspended for 30-60 days. From a reporter's viewpoint, there was no justification for what she did that day.
And Anderson Cooper's remark about "teabagging" was enough for me to change the name of his show from "Anderson Cooper 360" to "Anderson Cooper 69".
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Posted by: Nick_in_Virginia
Comment: #6
Tue May 5, 2009 6:03 AM
Sorry for the formatting in my previous post, but when I did the "Preview" it showed up in 4 paragraphs, as I had typed it. After the "Post", it is all one big, long paragraph. Maybe someone can have the web administrators check this out?
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Posted by: Juanito Verde
Comment: #7
Tue May 5, 2009 7:14 AM
RIP NYT, none too soon.
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Posted by: James A, Sweeney
Comment: #8
Tue May 5, 2009 8:38 PM
Ma'am; Why do so many conservatives follow up a false predicate with so much garbage for reasoning and think they have done anything of merit??? The fact that anyone is a liberal is a good sign, because well educated people who are not living on injustice are usually liberal...Where is the patriot in this most liberal of countries who is not liberal??? Conservatism in this land is liberal, if it is not revolutionary...No matter how far the hands of time advance, there will always be those who want to shackle his wrists to his ankles, and make him take it all back... Some want us living in the time of tyrants, and some want us in the time of kings and all call themselves conservative, and howl at anyone seeking liberty as a liberal... The fact is, that what the people were promised to get their acceptance of the constitution was as revolutionary in that day as in our own...How dare the government seek justice, or liberty, or union, or general welfare...The reactionaries would like to send us all to hell for asking government to fulfill its promises two hundred years late...It will not keep its promises, and it will fail, and the liberals will get the blame because they already have, and they always will -from the dimwits and dum heads on the right... But I will say it again... This is a liberal constituion we have judging by its goals... And it is a patriotic people who stand by the liberal goals of the constitution and challenge the government to live up to its goals... The reactionaries know nothing, and learn nothing... They will always be there, living in their myths, and cursing humanity for wanting what is right...Left to themselves they would always be deciding who to eat... Which is to say, if conservatism had ever been warranted, we would all consider cannibalism the highest form of human development...Like it or not; change is essential to life...While humanity is forever resisting change; it often become necessary in the course of human affairs...Thanks...Sweeney
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Posted by: Masako
Comment: #9
Wed May 6, 2009 8:03 AM
Fantasy sells better than the truth, Saunders. Always has.
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