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Originally Posted by Loveithere
It is the main problem of today that people do not see what the mainstream media is really about. The New York Times, where most media take their cue, is admittedly left leaning. Have you ever read their editorials. Come on. The Times have been accused of giving our enemies top secrets. They actually employ only one conservative opinion journalist.
As some here like to pigeon hole people, the days of only watching television and newspapers to receive information are over. I rarely watch news on TV and visit many news sites online. And I monitor both sides of the debate as I like to see what the other side is up to.
Maybe some are in denial about the left-leaning media as they have been brainwashed over many years and cannot see the forest from the trees anymore. I suggest that you mainstream addicts venture out from your comfortable recliners and read a little more from the vast amount of resources available.
Try to dig deeper and stay from your comfortable beliefs. You might be surprised at how your being mislead.
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Just what are my comfortable beliefs, you seem so sure I hold? Rather presumptious of you methinks!
I feel I am pretty well read and try to be educated about important things, though I am obviously not as informed as you. David Brooks provides a pretty conservative viewpoint in the NYT, and I find him thought provoking. I realize there are some left leaning folks in the media as well as some right leaning folks. I would guess the predominance of executives in the mainstream news media are on the conservative side while the on-air personalities my lean slightly left in many cases. The thing is, that the true journalists, which I beleive predominate at the major networks and CNN, are committed to finding interesting and yes, sensational stories, and let the chips fall where they may. To quote a very right leaning intellectual "Try to dig deeper and stay from your comfortable beliefs. You might be surprised at how you('re) being mislead (misled)."