:: NEWS COCKTAIL aka BlahBlahBlog ::
"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.:: 2.18.2003 ::
:: Challenging the Liberal Media Myth ::
From Plastic.com: Member Of Liberal Media Denies Existence Of Liberal Media.
"Eric Alterman, columnist and blogger, has a book coming out, excerpted in The Nation," jukeboxcharlie tells us, "in which he purports to prove that the so-called 'liberal media' is largely a myth.
"Given the success of Fox News, the Wall Street Journal editorial pages, the Washington Times, the New York Post, The American Spectator, The Weekly Standard, the New York Sun, National Review, Commentary, Limbaugh, Drudge, etc., no sensible person can dispute the existence of a "conservative media." The reader might be surprised to learn that neither do I quarrel with the notion of a "liberal media." It is tiny and profoundly underfunded compared with its conservative counterpart, but it does exist. As a columnist for The Nation and an independent weblogger for MSNBC.com, I work in the middle of it, and so do many of my friends. And guess what? It's filled with right-wingers...."
"Aside from the obvious criticism ('Of course a writer for The Nation will try to disprove the liberal media bias...'), Alterman's case appears to be sound. However, it may come as a surprise to the Freepers and NewsMax readers who actually believe in the liberal media that Buchanan and William Kristol admit that there is no real liberal bias."
Sure, there are media outlets constantly being accused of having liberal bias. NPR? But, you know the conservative media, and they have a strong presence... there and unbalanced. I must admit that I enjoy some FOX News programming, but it is always vexatious to hear their mantra repeated ad nauseam. F.N.: own up to your bias. Simple. In any case, you might want to join the discussion.
Speaking of conservative media, FreeRepublic.com has a "news/activism" page at its site encouraging e-patrons to "freep" polls -- meaning, to lean them in favor of the "right" way of thinking. Regardless of your political persuasion, the page is a good resource for anyone looking to participate in online polls.
posted by fairly asymmetrical me;)
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