On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wouldn't you group Blankley as Main Stream? I certainly would. And he is > definitely biased. Carl Rove is now mainstream. Although, he does appear to > try to be rational, these days.
No he's right wing. Mainstream is not about popularity; that would make Kos mainstream. It's about right down the center reporting. Blankley makes some good points. Obama has not been vetted. He got a pass from the media, while McCain and Palin are constantly attacked. I agree with him. > As is George Will. And plenty of others. Ever heard of Fox? Or News Corp? Fox is an outcast in the mainstream, but they are there. And the most popular because of the fairness :) > As for the NYT, you must not follow it very closely. Not anymore. I'm counting the day until pinchy is out of business. > In the 80s, it was basically a mouthpiece for the Reagan administration when > it came to foreign policy. And it's business coverage could not please > fiscal conservatives more. Its social policies have forever leaned > significantly liberal, but the rest of the paper has, for the most part, > lurched from right to left along a fairly center line. NYT is the New York Times right? > Many reporters do lean liberal personally. Probably even most. But that > _does not_ mean their writing does. They might not realize it but many do see it. Newsbusters is there just for that purpose. > And MOST reporters do not give to ANY > political party, fwiw. I don't remember the number too many do. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:272211 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
