Let's try to see if there's anything worth salvaging in this thread. Please.
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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Liberals tend to want all the information, while conservatives tend to only watch or listen to things they already agree with. I can't remember where I read that, but there was a big study done that showed that. That's why Fox News is so popular with conservatives and everything that's not Fox News is accused of being the "liberal media".
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My personal (not moderator) opinion is that this is a highly self-serving generalization. I've seen the same blinder effect among more young liberals than I care to recall, so I doubt it is confined to one ideology. It was part of the source of the utter shock at the results of the 2004 election - they'd never considered the possibility that Bush could have won because they never listened to any one that didn't already agree with them. Perhaps if there was more than the one major outlet that conservatives identified with there would be an openness to multiple sources. In other words, maybe there is a structural identification with one source over others that would be overcome if normal practice was to channel hop.
On the other hand, I do remember the days in which G. Gordon Liddy had a radio show. Whatever your opinion of him is, he was an extremely smart guy, and he read and digested everything. That was part of what made him so insufferable when people disagreed with him. I haven't heard an approach like his in a long time.
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Its journalism, you don't take a vow of neutrality, and I'll be willing to bet if you ask the average journalist they will tell you they went into it to 'make a difference' 'make the world a better place' blah blah, not 'I want to report the facts and let you decide'.
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It also wouldn't be surprising if you consider where these folks (jounalists) are coming from. Columbia, Harvard, etc. schools of journalism: consider the campus dynamic and the atmosphere among the faculty. IF there WAS a bias among the graduates, it wouldn't be the most shocking thing and it would take a long time to dissipate because part of it is systemic. Then consider that the talk radio types aren't coming from these sorts of academic backgrounds.