Caught the article The Left's Media Miscalculation (Redux) by Robert Parry on the The Baltimore Chronicle website today. It is the same article published in 2005 and still seems relevant today. Why do some people still think there is a liberal media bias and why does Ann Coulter still have a job?
The Left's Media Miscalculation (Redux)
Sample below the fold.
Parry writes:
To understand how the United States got into today’s political predicament – where even fundamental principles like the separation of church and state are under attack – one has to look back at strategic choices made by the Right and the Left three decades ago.
The Right concentrated on gaining control of the information flows in Washington and on building a media infrastructure that would put out a consistent conservative message across the country. As part of this strategy, the Right also funded attack groups to target mainstream journalists who got in the way of the conservative agenda.
The Left largely forsook media in favor of "grassroots organizing." As many of the Left’s flagship media outlets foundered, the "progressive community" reorganized under the slogan – "think globally, act locally" – and increasingly put its available money into well-intentioned projects, such as buying endangered wetlands or feeding the poor.
The Left's Media Miscalculation (Redux)
I recommend the article and agree with the points made. I always wondered what ever happened to Woodstein....