# I wish conservatives would stop saying the media has a liberal bias

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**Created:** [March 9, 2008, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-conservatives-would-stop-saying-the-media-has-a-liberal-bias/440686 "2008-03-09T03:55:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-conservatives-would-stop-saying-the-media-has-a-liberal-bias/440686/41 "2008-03-10T18:22:38Z")

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[QUOTE=Jamaika a jamaikaiaké]  
What’s there to disapprove of?

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Not saying “10 items or fewer.”

Oh, beware the other head of Grammar! It bites!\*

\*50 geek points for the reference.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-conservatives-would-stop-saying-the-media-has-a-liberal-bias/440686/42 "2008-03-10T18:27:45Z")

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> Well, I was just saying that your joke misunderstood McLuhan: if you’d understood him, you’d have said, “The media ARE the messages.”

No, it depends upon the joke you’re actually making.

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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-conservatives-would-stop-saying-the-media-has-a-liberal-bias/440686/43 "2008-03-10T18:33:01Z")

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[QUOTE=CalMeacham]  
No, it depends upon the joke you’re actually making.  
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Right. So I actually don’t understand your joke.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-conservatives-would-stop-saying-the-media-has-a-liberal-bias/440686/44 "2008-03-10T18:34:20Z")

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> Right. So I actually don’t understand your joke.

No, you just think there’s only one way to express it.

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