# What is behind the recent rise of the liberal media

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-behind-the-recent-rise-of-the-liberal-media/544079>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 22, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-behind-the-recent-rise-of-the-liberal-media/544079 "2010-06-22T01:42:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-behind-the-recent-rise-of-the-liberal-media/544079/41 "2010-06-22T23:27:07Z")

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> [@Simplicio](#):
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> _Working togeather_ is a left-wing value?

Absolutely it is. I proudly acknowledge it.

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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-behind-the-recent-rise-of-the-liberal-media/544079/42 "2010-06-22T23:29:27Z")

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> [@gonzomax](#):
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> When PBS runs a story, it has a liberal and a conservative on at the same time. They are of equal weight.

Which show’s PBS’s liberal bias. If they had a properly conservative agenda like FOX “News”, the conservative would be a slick and handsome thug who would relentlessly browbeat the token, ineffective liberal.

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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-behind-the-recent-rise-of-the-liberal-media/544079/43 "2010-06-22T23:39:48Z")

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> [@Ruminator](#):
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> You must be a young whippersnapper.
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> The mainstream TV media has been slanted liberal since forever. Your redefinition of “liberal” in the 1st sentence of your post doesn’t change that.
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> [Gilligan’s Island](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilligan's_Island) from the 1960s is a liberal show. So is the [The Honeymooners](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Honeymooners) – a populist blue collar show from 1950s. So is virtually every other show for the masses – except for Bible sermon shows on Sunday mornings.
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> You can also view archive episodes of CBS 60-minutes from 50 years ago and see the slant to the left.

How the hell is _Gilligan’s Island_ liberal?

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-behind-the-recent-rise-of-the-liberal-media/544079/44 "2010-06-23T00:16:19Z")

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> [@gonzomax](#):
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> Democracy Now has a slight liberal slant.

Ummm, WTF man? Even when Democracy Now has their facts right, they put their own spin on things in a blatantly obvious way. I’m slightly but firmly left of center from an American perspective, but Democracy Now to me is the exact analog of Fox News, except not as popular.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-behind-the-recent-rise-of-the-liberal-media/544079/45 "2010-06-23T02:40:27Z")

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> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#):
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> How the hell is _Gilligan’s Island_ liberal?

If there had been a black guy on the island, they’d totally have let him vote.

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