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**tobaccoman** · 12-13-2009, 07:56 PM

And what do you think CNN, CBS, MSNBC, NY Times, etc. are? For too many years only the far left has had a voice, enough was enough.

In spite of all the far-right rhetoric over the years, mainstream American media can hardly be classified as liberal, not at least to the extent that ultra conservatives rail about it. Walter Cronkite liberal? Please. And even if he and other news anchors were personally liberal, the media platform in which they operated was middle of the road.

Look at the behavior of the supposedly liberal media leading into the Iraq war.

If you want to see ideological domination, consider talk radio. It is almost exclusively far right Conservative.

Over 75% of the country considers themselves to be conservative, and the majority needed a counterbalance to the massive liberalism of the media. Conservatism is a very broadbased concept in America. It means something different to people who would call themselves conservative. A sizable portion of the Democratic party consider themselves conservative.

I don't think that's the sort of Conservative (capital C) you're thinking of.

12-13-2009, 07:56 PM	#36
tobaccoman Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 358 Senior Member	And what do you think CNN, CBS, MSNBC, NY Times, etc. are? For too many years only the far left has had a voice, enough was enough. In spite of all the far-right rhetoric over the years, mainstream American media can hardly be classified as liberal, not at least to the extent that ultra conservatives rail about it. Walter Cronkite liberal? Please. And even if he and other news anchors were personally liberal, the media platform in which they operated was middle of the road. Look at the behavior of the supposedly liberal media leading into the Iraq war. If you want to see ideological domination, consider talk radio. It is almost exclusively far right Conservative. Over 75% of the country considers themselves to be conservative, and the majority needed a counterbalance to the massive liberalism of the media. Conservatism is a very broadbased concept in America. It means something different to people who would call themselves conservative. A sizable portion of the Democratic party consider themselves conservative. I don't think that's the sort of Conservative (capital C) you're thinking of.
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