I wonder what the Democrats would say if the big three networks had news correspondents and major personalities who came out of politics on the Republican side.
Can you imagine “This Week with Ari Fliescher”? How about “Hardball, with Karl Rove?” Or “Meet the Press” with Ben Stein?
George Stephanopoulis was Clinton’s Press Secretary. Now he’s a major TV anchor.
Tim Russert worked for Democrat Patrick Moynihan. Now he’s the achor of the most powerful news show on TV.
Chris Matthews worked in the Carter White House. Now he’s the host of ‘Hardball’.
Maria Shriver was a major news correspondent, and she’s a liberal democrat from a political family.
If TV were loaded up with Republicans in major positions, you’d be screaming murder. Oh, yeah, you already do. Fox News is the equivalent on the right, but you’re convinced that your side is fair and balanced and neutral, but they are demons from hell.
Democrats outnumber Republicans more than 2-1 as employees in the U.S. major TV markets. In the last fundraising cycle, major figures in the news industry donated to Democrats against Republicans by a 6 to 1 ratio.
Democrats outnumber Republicans about 3-1 on the faculty roles of state universities. And most of the Republicans are clustered in the engineering, economics, and business faculties. The social sciences are overwhelmingly liberal. It is extremely hard to find a formal education that presents liberal and conservative arguments in a fair manner free of bias.
The U.S.'s largest newspapers are overwhelmingly liberal in tone and content - The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times are both liberal and activist - both have used their papers to attempt to promote partisan political causes. Most major newspapers are liberal.
When I go to the book store, I find that very popular conservative books are nowhere to be found, while every bizarre lefty screed has made its way onto the shelves. So I can’t find Von Mises’ “Human Action” or Hayek’s “The Road To Serfdom”, but the complete collected works of Seymour Hersch are on proud display. Because bookstore staff are overwhelmingly liberal in outlook, and they decide what to stock and what to promote.
If I go to the library and ask for help on a certain partisan subject, I’m more likely to be steered to books that tilt to the left, because librarians and library assistants are overwhelmingly liberal.
But hey, the conservatives get the drivetime show on one of two dozen radio stations. That’s unfair. We must use the heavy hand of government to squash them.