15 things everyone would know if there were a liberal media

[groovedaddy]

Prince Riebus (and apparently many others) still thinks there's a liberal media.

While I share Prince's frustration with the media, as a liberal, I'd like to go on record and state that the media isn't focusing on issues I care about. They seem to be far more focused on entertainment and making money.

Don't believe me?

If you know anyone who still believes in a "liberal media," here's 15 things everyone would know if there really were a "liberal media" (inspired by Jeff Bezos' purchase of The Washington Post):

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/07/1229087/-15-things-everyone-would-know-if-there-were-a-liberal-media?detail=facebook

[liberal N proud]

1. Rinse Penis wants Americans to think there is a liberal media

He knows there is no such thing, but must compel the people to believe there is.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. The first problem is wanting a "liberal" media any more than....

wanting a "conservative" one.

Why not just an "honest" media?

The next problem is that I rarely watch TV nooz and almost never cable nooz. However, I have read recently about 13 of these 15 things in the NY Times and the New Yorker, or heard about them on NPR. Sometimes both. Or all three. It's out there, just not shoved down our throats. Don't blame the media for pandering to an audience that refuses to listen. Of course, the Times and NPR have sold out long ago, according to some pundits here. I don't know how they know, though, since they usually swear they haven't read or listened in years.

Agreed that news has become far too concentrated in just a few hands, but alternative news, from Town Hall to Kos itself starts to make up for a lot of it. And, when you get down to it, newspapers in the past rarely got read past the sports scores. TV news, which is where most of us get it, is ratings driven and concentrates on what people want to watch. If people really wanted to watch long depressing and boring stories about Congress, the airwaves would be full of them.

It's as true now as when Pogo said it long ago-- "We have met the enemy and he is us."

[groovedaddy]

3. I've never wanted a Liberal media. I wasn't even familiar with the concept

until the right wing started carrying on about it.