# Can you provide me with a list of conservative/liberal biased newspapers andmagazines **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 1, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583 "2004-09-01T14:36:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chefIL11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chefIL11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefIL11)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583/1 "2004-09-01T14:36:50Z")
I know there is bias in the media… which publications are conservative and which ones are liberal? ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583/2 "2004-09-01T15:03:00Z")
Magazines of the left: _The Nation Mother Jones The Utne Reader_ Magazines of the moderate right: _The National Review Atlantic Monthly_ Newspapers of the far right: _The Washington Inquirer The Washington Times Heterodoxy_ Every newspaper in every city has some kind of political leaning, but most make a pretty fair stab at political balance. _The Washington Post_ is often accused of being a standard-bearer of the Democratic party, but their columnists include George Will and Charles Krauthammer. _The Washington Times_ is owned by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church and puts its right-wing agenda on the front page every day, but they’re actually better than the Post about their coverage of Black Washingtonians. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583/3 "2004-09-01T15:04:22Z")
I think this belongs in another forum, and I anticpate it being moved to IMHO. I’ll start with a couple, just to warm you up… Liberal: NY Times LA Times Conservative: NY Post US News and World Report National Review ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583/4 "2004-09-01T15:44:08Z")
The Indianapolis Star has a long reputation as a conservative paper, but it’s less conservative after being bought by the Gannett (USA Today) chain. Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. owns several newspapers, and there’s not a liberal paper in the lot of them. The New York Daily News is an example, and it’s quite conservative. Fox News, on TV, is a News Corp. outlet, and it has a growing reputation for being very conservative. The movie _Outfoxed_ charges that Fox News follows the GOP party line closely. The New York Times is often called a liberal paper, but they apologized to readers recently for accepting the Bush administration line on reasons for the Iraq war without diligent fact checking. As you might have seen, “conservative” and “liberal” are often in the eye of the beholder. Letters to the editor sometimes show two letters castigating the paper for bias in the same story. One letter says it’s liberal bias, the other says it’s conservative bias. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583/5 "2004-09-01T15:50:42Z")
:smack: A retraction. :smack: An apology. :smack: I screwed up. I mis-identified the NY Daily News as a News Corp. paper. Nope. I was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583/6 "2004-09-01T16:09:01Z")
General Question is for questions with factual answers. This is a matter of opinion. Off to IMHO. **DrMatrix** - GQ Moderator ---
**Author:** ![FlippyFly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FlippyFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlippyFly)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583/7 "2004-09-01T16:18:29Z")
Harper’s is a great and very liberal magazine. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583/8 "2004-09-01T16:27:54Z")
Where would you rate _The Wall Street Journal_? Unless I’m mistaken, this is one of the more respected newspapers in the world. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583/9 "2004-09-01T16:43:01Z")
_The Wall Street Journal_ is a mixed bag. The reporting is accurate and nearly neutral, by most accounts. However, the Editorial Page is very conservative. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583/10 "2004-09-01T17:23:17Z")
_The Atlantic_ and _The Economist_ are both good mags with moderate conservative leanings. _Harpers_ is an interesting mag from a left of center perspective. The _NY Times_ is basically left of center, though this can be debated. The Washington Post is a pretty centrist newspaper. They generally endorse the democratic candidate, But as **Krokodil** pointed out, they have a slew of conservative columnists. They also supported the Iraq war, though they now seem to have second thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Iris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a5b964/32.png) [@Iris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iris)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583/11 "2004-09-01T19:41:19Z")
As far as I know, _The New Republic_ is also a very conservative magazine. I browsed a few copies years ago and thought it was a little biased towards the right. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583/12 "2004-09-01T19:47:20Z")
Magazines that (unlike _Harper’s, Atlantic Monthly,_ etc.) are definitely and mainly about politics: Left-liberal: _In These Times Mother Jones The Nation The Progressive Z Magazine Utne Reader_ Moderate liberal: _The American Prospect_ Neoliberal: _The New Republic_ Neoconservative: _Commentary Policy Review Public Interest Weekly Standard_ Conservative: _The National Review The American Spectator_ Paleoconservative: _The American Conservative_ Libertarian: _Reason Liberty_ ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583/13 "2004-09-01T22:45:56Z")
If I want to read an intelligent Conservative opinion, I read the _National Review_. I am aware that what I read may be written with certain biases, but they are not, as a whole, completely off the wall. If I want to read an intelligent Liberal opinion, I read _The Guardian_ on line because it provides me with a little perspective at a distance. I also check with the _Amnesty International_ website on specific issues, even though it is not actually a “news source.” Most of the time I just “inquire within.” ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583/14 "2004-09-01T23:12:47Z")
> [@Iris](#): > > As far as I know, _The New Republic_ is also a very conservative magazine. I browsed a few copies years ago and thought it was a little biased towards the right. Sorry, I agree with **BrainGlutton** on this one - _The New Republic_is a little left of center, and very pro-Israel. I have subscribed to it for at least 15 years, and there was a time a few years ago when it started tracking a little to the right. They fired that editor (Michael Kelly, RIP) and now the magazine’s back on track. I still miss the days when Michael Kinsley was editor, though. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583/15 "2004-09-02T01:03:55Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > The New York Times is often called a liberal paper, but they apologized to readers recently for accepting the Bush administration line on reasons for the Iraq war without diligent fact checking. You’re not seriously suggesting that one data point proves the NYT is not a liberal paper, are you? Granted, it may not be liberal relative to you. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583/16 "2004-09-02T04:18:03Z")
From Denver: _The Denver Post_ - Moderate verging on liberal. _The Rocky Mountain News_ - Conservative with a libertarian streak. But they’ve changed, man. They both used to have excellent editorial pages. Whether I agreed or not, I was treated to sharp, incisive reasoning and well thought out and laid out proposals and stands on the issues. Now they’re both just lowest-common-denominator. Also, 3/4 of the column space is now taken up by Joe Schmoe from Anywhere, Colorado instead of people who actually have some idea of what they’re talking about. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583/17 "2004-09-02T14:39:19Z")
WORLD Magazine (C’tian conservative weekly newsmag- pretty Rightish but not as much as …) THE NEW AMERICAN (Birch Society weekly, an inferior successor to its monthly AMERICAN OPINION and weekly REVIEW OF THE NEWS) ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583/18 "2004-09-02T21:56:04Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > You’re not seriously suggesting that one data point proves the NYT is not a liberal paper, are you? Granted, it may not be liberal relative to you. Of course I’m not. However, it’s not just one data point. They acknowledged that they dropped the ball on a major continuing story for an extended period of time. When one of the most respected papers in the country falls for that big a lie for that long, it hurts their standing as a credible news source. Editors should ask, “…and how do we know this is true?” instead of meekly printing the White House press releases. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583/19 "2004-09-03T04:30:36Z")
Since no one, including you, has said otherwise, I can only assume that in that same extended period their coverage of all other issues was liberal. So you still have only one data point. You’re not seriously contending that their coverage on this one issue suddenly makes them not liberal, are you? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583/20 "2004-09-03T04:38:59Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > _The Atlantic_ and _The Economist_ are both good mags with moderate conservative leanings. I disagree, sort of. The Economist is definitely more fiscally conservative (which seems like the wrong term, but they do advocate free trade), but their social commentary is pretty liberal. Earlier this year they had a cover story on why gay marriage should be legalized. They also have the best photo captions around. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-provide-me-with-a-list-of-conservative-liberal-biased-newspapers-andmagazines/262583.md?page=2)