There has been an attack by right wing on the media for about 15 years claiming the media is too liberal.  I would contend that the media is fairly centrist and that these ultra conservatives are too far to the right to have any sense of perspective.  But lets take a little logical test.  If the media is so conservative, how did a republican executive and legislative branch get elected?  Ok, so then a conservative might say, "the American people see through the liberal media and elect the right people."  If this is so, then that really makes the media irrelevant.  So why do the conservatives care what slant the media has and why do they have to blame the media for so many things.  Honestly, I am getting of sick of conservatives blaming the media when they run out of logical arguements.
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No, the media is not liberal per se.  Most reporters, when polled about their personal politics, usually espouse "liberal" ideas.  These ideas being things like "homosexuals are human beings,"  "poor people are human beings," and "women have the right to choose."  Reporters usually espouse liberal ideas when it comes to social issues.  However, when it comes to economic issues, reporters usually espouse a slight conservative bend.\n\nNow, the important part of the media equation is not the reporters, but the editors and owners of the various media outlets.  Editors and owners tend to be conservative.  And it is ultimately the editors and owners that decide what gets put into the news.\n\nMost of the news is fairly centrist.  That's because the news is a business, and the owners of the newspapers and television programs want to get as many readers and/or viewers as possible.  In order to do that, they need to appeal to liberals, conservatives, and centrists.\n\nThe idea of a "liberal media" is a conservative invention.  It is a useful strategy to get across the conservative agenda, because conservatives can yell "not fair!" and demand more air time. \n\nMost political commentators in the media are conservative.
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Once again the right wing asserts as truth something that is not, then acts on that "truth" to bring things more to their way of thinking. They claim that mainstream media is liberal, therefore they need to be blatantly conservative to offset the media bias. They ignore the vast conservative ownership and control of much of the media, ignore the proud tradition of the press being critical of whatever government is in power, and point only to the   majority of reporters as "liberal." Maybe so, but nothing on tv compares remotely to the blatant drumbeat of the GOP talking points on Fox.\nFox so completely contaminates their news with their political bias, that anyone who has the sense to get a broad picture of the issues can only be shocked by Fox's one-sidedness. \nFair and balanced is a claim similar to Bush's of being a uniter. Sure.
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There is really no need; those of conservative values have won the house, the senate and the white house.  The media harps on their left wing agenda and the masses vote against them...
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I guess it depends on how you look at it.  I think CNN is more balanced than Fox News, which is horribly biased toward Republicans.  Still, I think that most of our news outlets don't report serious news--we keep seeing the same stories over and over again, including sensational scandals and murders and kidnappings.  These things should be reported, of course, but not at the expense of real news.\n\nI watch The News Hour on PBS.  They go in depth on a few issues during each show, with a recap of the day's news at the beginning and the end of the broadcast.  They have a wonderful segment on every Friday where one conservative journalist and one liberal journalist, give opinions on the week's events.  Jim Lehrer asks such good questions during this segment (remember what a good job he did during the first Presidential debate?)\n\nOnline, I like Reuter's new service, so I can get an idea of the way the rest of the world views us.
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Oh, there is definitely a liberal bias in our media, i could talk all day about this, but I'm only gonna say a little bit, though you shouldn't confuse conservative with religious.
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Rather than answer your own question, conduct your own test of the media.  Buy newspapers (more than one), liberal & conservative compare how the news is dealt with. Really extend yourself and watch different news shows on cable, try fox news for a few days. You'll find that they aren't as biased as you think.   If you are going to follow up a question with slurs against Republicans your mind is already made up, and there's really no reason to look any further though.
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Not the mainstream media they are liberal and think any thing a liberal does is okay. Go to Fox News they tell it like it is whether it is a lib or a Republican.
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All of the mainstream media are liberal. Most are from the Woodward and Bernstein era. In their foggy minds they are all just about to expose the next Watergate.\n Most of these people are mentally disabled from dropping acid at Woodstock. In their deluded minds they're all just trying to stick it to the man or blame it on the system dude. In the back of their closets they still have their tie dyed Che Guevara T's and a dog eared copy of Chairman Mao's little red book.\nIn truth they hate America and everything it stands for. In a liberals upside-down mind anything that is normal or traditional is wrong and anything is freaky, kinky, or subversive is correct.\n\nSo what is the truth anyway. \nWell the way I see it is this.\nThe Republicans are right about half the time.\nBut the Democrats are always Wrong.
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The news media wields far less power than they (or we) think. They thought if they told us we hate Bush enough, we might start to believe it. They had Bush trounced in the last election.\nIt turns out their version of the truth is far from it. I think you'll find Bush has a lot more support today than the media would like you to believe.
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Sure. For example, FOX News tends to be very conservative, and support most Republicans. On the other hand, the new York Times is quite liberal and its editorials often criticize the Bush Administration, while the Washington Times is a more conservative newspaper.\n\nTalk radio is also dominated by conservatives (Limbaugh, Hannity, Dr. Laura, etc), while "mainstream media" like CNN and ABC tend to be moderately left-wing.
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Media is in bed with Liberal agenda, that's no secret. The average American has no idea what a real war is and most do not have th stomach to see one through. They do not want to think about bad things and have "their" petty little lives disturbed by anything hard. They do not want to commit the brain power into researching for themselves to find the truth they would rather listen to the "experts" on CNN, NBC, ABC who's only purpose is to make money and to entertain not to report the truth.
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I hate the fact that people with different opinions are labeled like cans on a store shelf, I'm not a liberal, nor a Conservative, I'm an American. I love this country and do not want to see it turned into a tird world country via the stupidity of other people. The truth is a very powerful word, and what one person sees as a truth, another person sees as a lie, it all depends on how gullible, greedy, and or miserable a person is, thus they may or may not make rational decisions. Much more can be argued regarding your question, but I don't wish to discuss it any further than this. I just hope that more people would take the time to study the whole picture before they draw conclusions.
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Liberals do argue that there is a conservative bias.  It's just that Republicans win out on listenership with talk radio and viewership on cable news.  If you listen to the liberal politicians, especially at fundraisers, then you will hear about a conservative bias.  \n\nThat being said, I find newspapers, outside of editorials which are slanted (as they should be), tend to be more objective than anything else you find.  Their job is to question government and the Republicans are in charge, so they are questioned right now.  If a Democrat was in office, I would expect to hear the same level of criticism from the media as I do now.
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Unfortunately, in the United States, many people are "that dumb" and are easily influenced (manipulated would be a better word) by the rhetoric of the right-wing media.  God help America, indeed!
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yes... they also assume that about 80 percent of America believes the same thing that they do... even after about 48 percent of America voted for Kerry... and that was when Bush was popular, compared to now... \n\nIn short... they are in denial... listen to them... all media is against them, except for 1 or 2 clearly bias networks...\nthey think liberals are both extremely stupid and yet they control all educational institutes... and liberals want to take over America and turn it into a communist dictatorship... this is what some of them actually say on here... \n\nmany of them clearly have no base in reality...\n\nAnon28: welcome to Yahoo Answers!... I've seen that one before
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YES I am tired of this.  I believe most Americans are as well, which is why FOX news (Fair and Balanced) is growing in leaps & bounds.  They dont "spin" and editorialize every story.\nWhen a true thinking senator like Joe Leiberman comes back from Iraq and reports on the progress and good things, he is discounted and attacked by the media and those in his own party.  How pathetic is that??\n\nYou are SO right on with your comments!!
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I'm sure there are and will be a lot of responses about Bush and what a horrible president he is, how if voting wasn't screwed with he wouldn't never have won and how tricked people into thinking it was okay to go into Iraq as well as forcing his religious agenda on the people.  I agree with all of that but I wanted to take another look at things. \n\nThe media.  The media today isn't what it used to be back them.  The media today seems to go for anything that will make a person look bad, which in turn riles the people into more hatred than in years past.  This goes both ways.  You'll be hard pressed to find a truly unbiased new station, paper or magazine now days.  They all have a slant or a spin they like to put on all things.  Unfortunately I believe the days of honest reporting are gone.  Instead, people look to Bill Reily like he's a serious news anchor.  People don't realize he's a 'pundit'.\n\nThe definition of a 'pundit' is: A source of opinion; a critic: a political pundit. This is not a real news person reporting facts, its a person reporting their opinion on a situation.  Yet people don't seem to realize that or want to look at that.  This goes for all others out ther with shows like his both conservative and otherwise.\n\nWhen people look at a sourse like that and see it as 'fact' instead of one persons opinion it helps to inspire anger and stronger opinion.  These things weren't around years ago for other presidents.  \n\nAnother think you have to look at with media is who owns the media.  Viacom and Clear Channel are owned by extreme republican christians so they limit what they show to their views.  This goes for your local news and other outlets so people aren't getting the straight facts like they used to.  This buts a conservative bias on whats going on in the world today and it pisses of liberals and it snow balls.  Then the liberals have to counter that in someway and it pisses off the conservatives and it snowballs.\n\nAdd in the internet making information available on demand and creating an network of like minded people who can get together and get angry together and you have quite the ugly and angry machine on both ends.\n\nI'm sure there are many more reasons but I think the media plays a HUGE part in it.  I just wanted to add in a different reason and outlook.\n\nThanks!