{"id":1379,"date":"2002-01-15T11:19:13","date_gmt":"2002-01-15T16:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1379"},"modified":"2002-01-15T11:19:13","modified_gmt":"2002-01-15T16:19:13","slug":"media_bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/01\/15\/media_bias.html","title":{"rendered":"Media bias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/dailyglobe2\/012\/oped\/Liberal_bias_in_the_media_Look_againP.shtml\">challenging the conservative canard<\/a> that the media is wildly biased toward the Left.  It contends that the media tends to be a bit liberal on social issues, a bit conservative on economic issues, but that what&#8217;s really going on is that American opinion on a lot of issues is slowly evolving &#8212; away from the social conservative agenda &#8212; leading to the ongoing outcry from that quarter.<\/p>\n<p><small>(Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cursor.org\/toc.htm\">Cursor.org<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting article challenging the conservative canard that the media is wildly biased toward the Left. 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