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Originally posted by cosmoknight
MSNBC the website carries both Slate.com and Alterman stories. Neither one is balanced with any conservative writers. Now if your trying to argue Slate.com is a non partisan/non liberal site I will be the one laughing.
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Well, what I will argue is that slate and Alterman sites are primarily OPINION sites, not NEWS sites that are claiming to be unbiased. Most major news organizations take great pains to separate their news stories from their opinion pieces. Fox is an exception. They blend news and opinion in order to create an intentional slant.
Remember that just because some one is left of YOU doesn't make them left of the middle. News organizations need to appeal to the most number of viewer/readers/listeners. Consequently market forces tend to drive their reporting towards the middle, not to the left. Most news organizations also are dependent on advertising dollars to support them. Large advertisers are mostly corporations which politicaly tend to lean towards conservative ideals (corporate welfare, tax breaks, anti-union and others.) Therefore News organizations have an incentive to not be too liberal for fear of angering their money supply.
Gotta go.