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Originally posted by DemonWolfe
I don't want to get this board war (it's not in my nature) but I have always wondered why conservatives call the media "liberal" when all the major news outlets are owned by admitted conservatives?
Perhaps it's just an old expression back to the days when the media was more liberal?
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A interesting subject. I believe i've seen the media political advantage swing from liberal to conservative in the past few decades. This is mostly because of the rise of conservative talk show hosts and stations like FOX news.
Back before the cable networks, most people read the news in the paper. There were a few studies back then that purported to show an overall liberal bias in the various popular newspapers. Even to this day there mayb be a liberal tilt to newspapers. The NY Times is a good example.
When the cable networks came, it was Ted Turner's CNN which became the first 24 hours news channel. CNN, especially at the time, was especially left-leaning. This was probably the high point for liberal bias in US media.
Then along came Rush Limbaugh who really brought conservatism to a large radio-listening public. More recently FOX News has become popular. FOX has a stable of popular conservative commentators who all have book deals.
It seems to me that ABC is quite liberal while CBS is more conservative.
I don't think there's a long-term or permanent media bias. It switches back and forth over time for various reasons. Liberalism is rather conservative right now and conservatives are on the attack. Whereas in the 60's there were many outspoken and articulate liberal thinkers (Civil Rights movement for one) there are more of these on the conservative side today.