By Mr. Curmudgeon
Last year, a study by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press found, “No major news outlet – broadcast or cable, print or online – stood out as particularly credible. There was no indication that Americans altered their fundamental judgment that the news media are politically biased, that stories are often inaccurate...”
With newspaper readership declining and ad revenues plunging, many left-of-center mainstream media outlets are less than eager to antagonize their few subscribing friends and family members.
La-la-land liberals were stunned when the Los Angeles Times refused to endorse incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer for re-election, saying, “…we find that we're no fans of incumbent Barbara Boxer. She displays less intellectual firepower or leadership than she could.” They went on to praise her Democratic primary opponent Robert “Mickey” Kause for questioning Boxers “lockstep liberalism on labor, immigration and other matters,” but said, “…we can’t endorse him” either.
The Times was kinder to Republican Tom Campbell’s conservative primary opponents, though just as unsupportive, finding Tea Party-supported Chuck DeVore “interesting, even impressive, but in the service of doctrinaire conservative stances that we could not support.”
It appears the Tea Party is scaring more than incumbent politicians. The Times added conservative columnist (and National Review editor-at-large) Jonah Goldberg to its roster of commentary contributors. This might be an act of desperation in light of the Times’ parent Tribune Company filling Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
“Republicans, by contrast, are substantially more likely to give the highest credibility rating to Fox (34%) than are Democrats (19%),” Pew found. “Even with these low scores, Fox's ratings among Democrats are much higher than Republican ratings for The New York Times (10% give it a four).” More bad news for the mainstream media. No wonder the Tea Party is getting so much traction…everyone is putting down their morning newspaper and turning to Fox.
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