Comments on: Survey: Slight discrepancy between percentage of conservatives in media and in general population

By: Locomotive Breath 1901

Locomotive Breath 1901 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:00:36 +0000

Bush Defends Iraq War in Speech…

*Attention: this is an ‘obamanator free’ post.

President G.W. Bush – you remember him? He’s the president & CIC of the U.S. of A. – gave a speech on the 5th anniversary of the Iraq war & the ouster of saddam hussein from power. Meanwhile, the MS…

By: LibsREvilDoers

LibsREvilDoers — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:54:37 +0000

Try winning without them…:)

By: pueblo1032

pueblo1032 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:32:14 +0000

CONSERVATIVES? We ain’t got no CONSERVATIVES… We don’t need no STINKIN’ CONSERVATIVES….

By: UrbanGrounds

UrbanGrounds — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:48:49 +0000

What Biased Media?…

I’m sure that the 90% of college professors that are Liberal don’t understand what the problem is here….
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By: LibsREvilDoers

LibsREvilDoers — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:22:39 +0000

Yes Johan.. McCain is notorious for it .. He and his best bud.. Lindsay Graham have a fond nickname for us Conservatives.. If I recall, its “Bigots” He loves to pull that one out when he doesnt want to address ILLEGAL activity coming from South of the Border and He no doubt will feel equally comfortable using it should the “Right” dare to question Obama or His “Reverand” ties. Im waiting for the Press to corner Him on this.. they want the Mavericks’ “seal of approval” for the leftists recent spat of Bigotry… You watch it.. McCain never fails to comply with them.. That is His Moral High Ground.. that and his John Kerry Heroe status he likes to use as well.

By: Johan Klaus

Johan Klaus — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:42:32 +0000

freevillage on March 18, 2008 at 7:32 PM

Liberals always have got to throw race into every issue.

By: Johan Klaus

Johan Klaus — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:36:36 +0000

It is called a liberal arts education.

By: Halley

Halley — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:13:37 +0000

Let’s place the blame where it should lie: the public who willingly and without protest consumes the outrageous propaganda peddled as “news” by leftwing “journalists”. If the public wasn’t happy with the propaganda, the MSM would be out of business tomorrow.

By: CaptainObvious

CaptainObvious — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:44:08 +0000

Newsflash! Posters at Hotair are sarcastic!

My tag line. “tact is for people who arent witty enough to be sarcastic”

Not like I picked this name on a whim…

By: bikermailman

bikermailman — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:33:09 +0000

“Moderate” as compared to whom?
SouthernGent on March 18, 2008 at 7:24 PM

The thing of it is, in their minds, they are moderate. Their way of thinking is just the way ‘normal’ people are supposed to think. That’s how they can get away with thinking anyone to the right of Linc Chafee is a reich wing rethuglikkkan nazi.

By: njcommuter

njcommuter — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:05:25 +0000

There are actually 6% that are conservative? Where are they?

Easy, they cover SPORTS!

There’s something to be said for that. Sports are inherently a meritocracy. Failures are not rewarded (except in the drafts) and winners are rewarded handsomely. One is loyal to one’s home team because, well, just because. And the people who can’t or won’t succeed by the rules are sent away to Professional Wrestling.

By: reliapundit

reliapundit — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:04:05 +0000

WHAT THEY DIDN’T TELL YOU IS THAT 6% ARE ALL TROTSKYITES.

By: RadioRadio

RadioRadio — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:55:06 +0000

Liberals are like fish swimming in the ocean everyday without ever knowing they are all wet.

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:41:32 +0000

Yes, but these stats explain why journalists can’t predict voting patterns if we stand there and tell them, “I’m voting for W.” “I’m voting for W.” “I’m voting for W.”

Really, they all hear, “I’m voting for Kerry.”

By: Hog Wild

Hog Wild — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:36:20 +0000

There’s probably more than 6% (which probably is just all the employees of the National Review and the Stars and Stripes), the rest can’t admit it because they want to keep a job.

By: DfDeportation

DfDeportation — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:12:32 +0000

There are actually 6% that are conservative? Where are they?

thatcher on March 18, 2008 at 7:37 PM

They certainly are NOT on myfoxla….

By: Romeo13

Romeo13 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:57:45 +0000

There are actually 6% that are conservative? Where are they?

thatcher on March 18, 2008 at 7:37 PM

Easy, they cover SPORTS!

Would be even more interesting to get the stats on EDITORS… you know, the ones who actualy control story content?

By: its vintage duh

its vintage duh — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:21:24 +0000

NEWSFLASH!: The government hates black people, we deserved 9/11, and the government knew the Japanese were going to attack Pearl Harbor.

Whew….Sorry, got overcome with The Spirit and had to start sharing the Gospel.

By: DfDeportation

DfDeportation — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:09:25 +0000

2%?

That seems awful high…

By: Mallard T. Drake

Mallard T. Drake — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:53:22 +0000

2% of print media consider themselves conservative! c’mon, I mean I new it was a small percentage but that is crazy. Even if the libs applied Affirmative Action for conservative journalists, it would have to be higher percentage than that. Two words are starting to rear their heads here: conspiracy and collusion.

By: ericdondero

ericdondero — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:51:43 +0000

And libertarians in the media?

Neal Boortz, Tammy Bruce, Larry Elder, John Fund, Dennis Miller, Stossell, do they just get lumped into the “Conservative” column?

Such surveys are meaningless, if they’re just limited to the tired old liberal vs. conservative spectrum.

By: freevillage

freevillage — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:51:27 +0000

So, you concede defeat.

Sure, I do. :)

By: windansea

windansea — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:49:36 +0000

Freevillage:

then:

“I understand MSNBC has suspended Mr. Imus,” Obama told ABC News, “but I would also say that there’s nobody on my staff who would still be working for me if they made a comment like that about anybody of any ethnic group. And I would hope that NBC ends up having that same attitude.”

now:

And this helps explain, perhaps, my relationship with Reverend Wright. As imperfect as he may be, he has been like family to me. He strengthened my faith, officiated my wedding, and baptized my children. Not once in my conversations with him have I heard him talk about any ethnic group in derogatory terms, or treat whites with whom he interacted with anything but courtesy and respect. He contains within him the contradictions – the good and the bad – of the community that he has served diligently for so many years.I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community.

By: logis

logis — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:48:44 +0000

Only 6 percent of the national press corps describe themselves as “conservative”.

This number means nothing when it’s a self-description from people who view themselves as the center of the universe.

What you need to ask is how many of journalists have ever voted for a Republican Presidential candidate. That’s around 2%, which makes the media more than TEN TIMES AS LIBERAL as the average American.

By: Esthier

Esthier — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:46:34 +0000

LibsREvilDoers on March 18, 2008 at 7:36 PM

Texas didn’t get a choice, so I have no idea what you’re talking about. I’ve been against McCain since I’ve been eligible to vote, but here we are, stuck with nothing but three horrible choices. I don’t know how I deserve this.

Back on topic… does this mean that no one in the media described him/herself as very conservative?