[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

It's not even that, in many cases, journalists are intentionally trying to mislead anyone, although there are certainly cases where they are.

But many of them are of a certain political bent. Many have very strong leanings to the point where it effects everything they write. They come at every story from a specific prospective. Often they simply assume that their particular beliefs are a given and all discussion beings with those givens.

There's an often told story about a long time White House correspondent. I'll say here that this story has been disputed and some say that it never happened, but whether or not it did, it is illustrative of the way many reporters approach their job.

The story takes place shortly after Richard Nixon won re-election in a landslide. This particular White House correspondent was talking a a party and said, "I can't understand how Nixon possibly could have won. I don't know a single person that voted for him."

When everyone that this reporter knows is of the same political bent, it is difficult for her to be objective about any subject. When there are 50 reporters all in a room together and every one of them has the same political philosophy, how can they possibly be objective? Again, they simple assume that their position is a given and that every one int he world agrees with them.