The Oregonian out of Portland seems to understand the truth about media bias. In an Editorial this morning, the
Oregonian stated.
Those inclined to accept right-wing mythology about the "left-wing mainstream media" should consider for a moment the sensational story of fake White House reporter "Jeff Gannon."
Never heard of him? That's not surprising. Mainstream news outlets have scarcely touched it. Yet it's been raging for weeks on left-leaning Web sites, which so far have been unable to elevate the story beyond the blogosphere.
Bloggers on the right, by comparison, have enjoyed spectacular success getting the supposedly leftist media to heed and advance their journalistic agenda. This creates a fertile new issue for industry researchers: Why is it that Internet bloggers on the left, compared with those on the right, have so much less demonstrable influence on mainstream journalism?
A vast majority of the American people seem to believe that there is a liberal bias in the media, in spite of the best efforts of groups like Media Matters, and the work of Eric Alterman and Bob Summerby over at Daily Howler. A September 2004
Gallup Poll showed that 44% thought the news media was "too liberal" while only 15% thought it was "too conservative." When I talk to other liberals I normally have a difficult time convincing them that there is not a liberal media bias.
A major step forward, the only way the truth on media bias is going to get out there, is if the story gets outside the blogosphere and left leaning circles. Pot shots from smaller publications aimed at the likes of CNN, ABC, FOX, or any of the rest of the gang can get the news out without demonstrating the case false in the process.