This blog is inspired by a recent visit to my class from talk show radio host Hugh Hewitt. He lectured us about a bias in the "mainstream media" that is left-leaning and claims that the conservative perspective is lost. He claims that people are fed leftist ideas since the "liberals" control most of the media, so lets take a look at that claim. Of the TV 24 hour news networks, MSNBC and CNN are arguably liberal. Fox News is without a doubt conservative. Thats 2-1. Not that much of a bias if you ask me. Newspapers? I can't really keep the tally of how many express a conservative point of view vs a liberal one, but the mainstream ones are mixed. The NY Times is liberal, sure, but the Wall St Journal is not. And it was just bought by none other than Rupert Murdoch! Lets look at radio then. Air America anyone? The ONLY radio station on the AM dial that is democratic. EVERY other one is conservative. So Mr. Hewitt, what media are you speaking of?
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