The Economist is liberal? I thought I'd heard it all, until now. This is how I've come to interpret conservatives' claims of media bias: Any source that doesn't actively toe the line of conservative talking points is liberal. And this is coming from someone who thinks our media is pathetic.

 

Relax. The Economist magazine is okay. Their twitter news feed however, is extremely bias. When I started following them, I was surprised.

 

First. As a conservative, I probably watch and read more liberal based news than most liberals. I watch Bill Maher on a weekly basis. I watch msnbc as well as current TV. I am an avid reader of Time, Newsweek and the Economist. I wouldn't get the subscriptions if I didn't read them.

 

Secondly. Omit The Economist, are you going to try and say the others I said isn't bias? Or am I completely off base? Imagine if Every news source followed that of Fox News. You would lose your mind. What I consider bias is when there is one point held to a higher standard than others. When people preach tolerance but then when one has a different opinion they attack them viciously.

I'm not sure, especially with the passing of Tim Russert, that there are any truly unbiased media out there today. Some are less so than others, but most I feel have a strong bent toward one side or the other.

Relax. The Economist magazine is okay. Their twitter news feed however, is extremely bias. When I started following them, I was surprised.

 

First. As a conservative, I probably watch and read more liberal based news than most liberals. I watch Bill Maher on a weekly basis. I watch msnbc as well as current TV. I am an avid reader of Time, Newsweek and the Economist. I wouldn't get the subscriptions if I didn't read them.

 

Secondly. Omit The Economist, are you going to try and say the others I said isn't bias? Or am I completely off base? Imagine if Every news source followed that of Fox News. You would lose your mind. What I consider bias is when there is one point held to a higher standard than others. When people preach tolerance but then when one has a different opinion they attack them viciously.

 

I find The Economist to be a fairly even handed right-of-center newspaper and one of the few I subscribe to. I don't watch TV news any longer because I've found those programs sensationalistic and catering to anyone in power, right or left, mainly to keep their "credibility" and ratings high. If Watergate happened next week I sincerely doubt it would draw a modicum of coverage or even be discovered. There just doesn't appear to be any money or credibility left in solid reporting. But the last word I would use to describe that is "liberal." There are several prominent liberal editorial pages, and most of those are milquestoast, and there are a few liberal and conservative niche editorial forums, but sans those the rest is a bunch of he-said-she-said tripe. The end result is a more partisan, bitter and angry public.

The end result is a more partisan, bitter and angry public.

As well as disillusioned.

I'm not sure, especially with the passing of Tim Russert, that there are any truly unbiased media out there today. Some are less so than others, but most I feel have a strong bent toward one side or the other.

 

This is exactly how I feel.

And like RM said, please don't blame all unions for the actions of one. That's like blaming all black people for the actions of one.