All the News That’s Fit for Democrats

For all practical purposes the typical sentient American receives his or her information on what is happening in the world from a relatively small number of sources. Unfortunately, the version of events served up by our media elite is a steady diet of tendentious “news” stories carefully designed to serve the political purposes of American liberalism.

The most famous study of media attitudes was of course the Lichter and Rothman survey reported in the October/November 1981 issue of Public Opinion. The results are well known, but worth repeating: 54 per cent of journalists surveyed described themselves as left of center, and 19 per cent considered themselves right of center. Of those who voted in the four elections from 1964 to 1976, never less than 80 per cent voted for the Democratic candidate. It is less well known that every survey of journalists conducted before or since confirms this basic finding.

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William A. Rusher

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For all practical purposes the typical sentient American receives his or her information on what is happening in the world from a relatively small number of sources. Unfortunately, the version of events served up by our media elite is a steady diet of tendentious “news” stories carefully designed to serve the political purposes of American liberalism.

The most famous study of media attitudes was of course the Lichter and Rothman survey reported in the October/November 1981 issue of Public Opinion. The results are well known, but worth repeating: 54 per cent of journalists surveyed described themselves as left of center, and 19 per cent considered themselves right of center. Of those who voted in the four elections from 1964 to 1976, never less than 80 per cent voted for the Democratic candidate. It is less well known that every survey of journalists conducted before or since confirms this basic finding.