Laugh at Liberals

BLIND AND OBLIVIOUS CRUSADERS

By Buck Evinger

I haven’t actually read the report about the investigation into CBS’s hatchet job on George Bush and his alleged “miscoundct” while in the Air Force Reserves. Why bother? Did anyone really expect CBS to publish a report that said they were liberal and they manufactured a story that was based on lies?

Mary Mapes, the producer who did most of the lying and manufacturing, lost her job and some upper management big wigs are out. Blah, blah, blah….It won’t change anything because there is an institutional liberal bias, not just in the “mainstream media”, but in the entire profession of journalism.

I’ve had this opinion for a long time. The first time I voiced it was when I was hosting a talk-radio show in 1986. A caller brought up the subject of liberal bias in the media and I said it would never go away for two reasons.

Reason #1: Journalist are, by their very nature, crusaders. Ask any working journalist or any journalism student why they want to be a journalist and the answer will almost always be, “to make a difference.” This is the 60 Minutes Syndrome. They all want to be investigative reporters “outing” the evil giant coporation that polluted the environment, or discovering the memo that links the evil deed to the prominent politician. Crusaders are, by their very nature, liberal. They want change from the status quo. They want new ways of thinking and new ways of doing things. These are the kind of people who become journalist. They are taught by these same kind of people. If you really get to looking, you’ll discover that most career journalists are liberal and most conservative commentators are not career journalists. Re-read that sentence. I’ll wait…. most career journalists are liberal and most conservative commentators are not career journalists.

Most career journalists went into college leaning to the left and just got more indoctrination. Most conservative commentators never went to college to study journalism and came into the field late in life. Do a little checking, you’ll see that I’m right. (No Pun Intended) Most career journalist scoff at the fact that they are biased. Most conservative commentators don’t hide the fact that they are biased.

Reason #2 The nature of the media, even to certain extent with the internet, allows all those career journalist complete control over what stories were written, how they were written and when they would be told. This is on all levels. Go to a local city council meeting. They last about 4 hours. The cub reporter in the back the room scribbles furiously, but can really only write down the points he or she thinks are important. Before the story is even written, the gathering of facts is influenced by the reporters opinion. Then the editor, a former cub reporter and respected journalism student, has to edit the reporter’s story, again, choosing to include the facts he or she thinks is important and removing the rest. Then the publisher has to decide what stories are important enough to include in the paper, on the front page, etc. All of these decisions are made by people and are influenced by thier opinions. It’s the same for newspapers, TV, radio, web-sites, etc., and since most of those people making decisions are liberal……

Two things have happened within the last 10 years to even the playing field. 24 hour cable news has exploded and, of course, the internet. The 24 hour ne3ws cycle is a hungry monster that needs constant feeding. That has opened the door for conservative voices to speak. The internet also gives voice to people who have conservative viewpoints.

Now you know why Dan Rather retired. There is just not enought control left in the hands of the blind and oblivious crusaders.