[Swprograms] Re: "Malice in Medialand"

[jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

I have to laugh at these analyses of the media.  All I can say is that if the majority of the people are to the right of the most journalists today, then it would seem that we are headed toward another inglorious rise of fascism.  

I don't think the question is whether most journalists harbor liberal or conservative tendencies.  (I suspect it's a mixture of both for most, depending on the issue.)  What should really concern us is whether and how the media is performing its role.  All I know is that the vaunted US media has been quite muted politically and so commercially driven of late that it hesitates to tell us things it perceives we either don't want to know or to which the government (or the right) might object. 

And then there's that great debate between faith and reason....

Don't get me started.  :-))

John Figliozzi

----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Bowen <peter.bowen@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, March 4, 2005 3:44 pm
Subject: [Swprograms] "Malice in Medialand"

> I heard David Flint on RN's "The Media Report" today. Among other
> things, he asserted that most journalists are well to the left of the
> majority of people in their respective countries.
> 
> This has been a constant source of criticism for public service
> broadcasters, but this is the first time that I have heard the charge
> levelled at the media in general. Surely this would not be the 
> case in
> the U.S....or would it?
> 
> 73,
> pb
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