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rodmalm
at Thu Nov 20 19:06:04 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rodmalm ]
First, that report doesn't bother me one bit.(My undies are just fine, thanks for your concern.  ) It just goes back to my original contention that this should have been covered in the mass media (in my opinion) and it was nowhere to be found as far as I am aware. I would love to hear this kind of info. on ABC, CBS, NBC, etc. but, I never would have even known of its existence if it wasn't for listening to right wing radio which pointed me to the weekly standard. I never even heard about it on any 24-hour cable news stations. I bet you never would have known about it either, if I hadn't mentioned it. Obviously, the reports of this link did exist by your references own admission, and in my opinion it is important and it is newsworthy considering how much time the media has spent saying that there is no link over the past 2 years. I keep seeing this by the media. Ignore as much as you can that is pro-conservative, and over emphasize anything pro-liberal. That is one reason I labeled my post. "has anyone seen this yet". I figured no one else had, because it was too pro-conservative to be covered by the media.
When I was in high school (about 25 years) we did an experiment to test the bias of the media. About twice as much time was spent reporting on pro-liberal topics as pro-conservative. (part of the assignment was to take a stop watch and time the reports.) Different groups in the class were assigned different TV channels, and each person was to watch the news and take times and then the info was all averaged, correlated, etc. About 2/3 of the news time was pro-liberal and 1/3 pro-conservative. I have seen this bias get considerably worse over the last 20 years, and considering that the vast majority of college professors are also liberal, I don't see this liberalizing of America changing anytime soon, and I think it is very dangerous for the country. The news should report the news, period. Not make political editorials and shape public opinion. College should educate,period-not shape public opinion to comply with the political views of its professors. Imagine how mad liberals would be if most college professors and most media were conservative biased.
Rodney
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RE: For Rodney - Weekly Standard report - rodmalm, Thu Nov 20 19:06:04 2003