Wherefore the dastardly lib'rul media?Media Matters published a study after individual interviews with each major U.S. paper to find out which syndicated columnists they published. (Syndicates won't give out this information). Among other facts, MM discovered that:
> "Sixty percent of the nation's daily newspapers print more conservative syndicated columnists every week than progressive syndicated columnists. Only 20 percent run more progressives than conservatives, while the remaining 20 percent are evenly balanced."
> "In 38 states, the conservative voice is greater than the progressive voice -- in other words, conservative columns reach more readers in total than progressive columns. In only 12 states is the progressive voice greater than the conservative voice."
So, at least when it comes to syndicated columnists -- the journalists whose job it is to shape public opinion -- the mainstream media is conservative. End of story. Case closed.
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