gordontravels
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Here's something you can't argue because there are the numbers to back it up.
The elite media (meaning ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, CNNHN, CNBC, LA/NY TIMES, WASHINGTON POST) with the exception of the Fox News Channel will always and in over 90% of the stories, identify a conservative as a conservative. However, the label of liberal even for the likes of Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, Barney Frank or a Ted Kennedy IS NOT USED. Now I know that those who lean toward the liberal side don't care because I read the responses on this forum where it is said by the liberal leaning posters time and time again that they "don't care" about a miriad of political situations or discussions that are not favorable to the Liberal Democrats. But, if there are conservatives in our political landscape and they are identified as such in EVERY story by the media, why is the liberal label so obviously missing?
Here's a wonderful example: From todays New York Times front page:
(QUOTE) NEWS ANALYSIS
Republican Moderates in Senate Sense Intensifying Pressures
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
From the fight over John Bolton to the Social Security debate, G.O.P. moderates are caught in the middle as never before.(END QUOTE)
"Caught in the middle as never before"? That's what the very first paragraph says. I am going to ask you to go read this article and see if they tell you what these poor Republican Moderates are caught between. The only reference to other than a Democrat is to a Centrist Democrat. How many of those Centrist Democrats are on Capitol Hill do you think? How many Conservatives are on Capitol Hill? How many Liberals? Are there more Liberals than Centrist Democrats? Do you know? If you are a Liberal, or a Democrat, do you care?
These media outlets tell us that Senator Hillary Clinton is moving to the center in preparation for her run for President. May I ask? Where is she moving from? Conservative? Arch Conservative? Ultra Right Wing Conservative? Or just Democrat?
Personally I think that those who are purely Liberal or Conservative ruin the purpose of politics with intransigence. The New York Times is not Pro Bush. The New York Times is Anti Bush. Read this article, it's there now waiting for you. There have been studies about how the media uses the labels Conservative and Liberal and they show that the media uses them against the Conservatives and skips the Liberal Lable. It is Conservative Republican vs. Democrat. It is the occasional mention of the Democrat moving to the center but, from where. You will see the Right mentioned far more than the Left. You will see Right Wing but not Left. You will see the word Ultra or Arch for Conservative but not for Liberal. Since the Liberals can't win elections maybe they are extinct but, if the New York Times thinks Moderate Republicans are "caught in the middle", what's on the opposite side if the Conservatives are the only ones that they cite? :duel
The elite media (meaning ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, CNNHN, CNBC, LA/NY TIMES, WASHINGTON POST) with the exception of the Fox News Channel will always and in over 90% of the stories, identify a conservative as a conservative. However, the label of liberal even for the likes of Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, Barney Frank or a Ted Kennedy IS NOT USED. Now I know that those who lean toward the liberal side don't care because I read the responses on this forum where it is said by the liberal leaning posters time and time again that they "don't care" about a miriad of political situations or discussions that are not favorable to the Liberal Democrats. But, if there are conservatives in our political landscape and they are identified as such in EVERY story by the media, why is the liberal label so obviously missing?
Here's a wonderful example: From todays New York Times front page:
(QUOTE) NEWS ANALYSIS
Republican Moderates in Senate Sense Intensifying Pressures
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
From the fight over John Bolton to the Social Security debate, G.O.P. moderates are caught in the middle as never before.(END QUOTE)
"Caught in the middle as never before"? That's what the very first paragraph says. I am going to ask you to go read this article and see if they tell you what these poor Republican Moderates are caught between. The only reference to other than a Democrat is to a Centrist Democrat. How many of those Centrist Democrats are on Capitol Hill do you think? How many Conservatives are on Capitol Hill? How many Liberals? Are there more Liberals than Centrist Democrats? Do you know? If you are a Liberal, or a Democrat, do you care?
These media outlets tell us that Senator Hillary Clinton is moving to the center in preparation for her run for President. May I ask? Where is she moving from? Conservative? Arch Conservative? Ultra Right Wing Conservative? Or just Democrat?
Personally I think that those who are purely Liberal or Conservative ruin the purpose of politics with intransigence. The New York Times is not Pro Bush. The New York Times is Anti Bush. Read this article, it's there now waiting for you. There have been studies about how the media uses the labels Conservative and Liberal and they show that the media uses them against the Conservatives and skips the Liberal Lable. It is Conservative Republican vs. Democrat. It is the occasional mention of the Democrat moving to the center but, from where. You will see the Right mentioned far more than the Left. You will see Right Wing but not Left. You will see the word Ultra or Arch for Conservative but not for Liberal. Since the Liberals can't win elections maybe they are extinct but, if the New York Times thinks Moderate Republicans are "caught in the middle", what's on the opposite side if the Conservatives are the only ones that they cite? :duel