Being a Conservative in the Liberal Media

I'm not at all surprised 6that someone as perceptive as you identified Ann Coulter as a "dude".

 

I'm glad you noticed.

 

And if only people with the correct prejudices and personal leanings are hired it makes personal leanings and preconceived notions not only less of a problem but an absolute plus.

And don't feel bad, Addonadd. Liberals have no respect for people who want to work.

 

The media today is extremely liberal, especially with me living in a college town. I am constantly surrounded by liberal views - especially in my job at the college newspaper. It seems as though there is only 1 view lately and that is liberal.

I see this mostly on TV with celebrities. They have no problem telling the world their liberal and democratic views. David Letterman trashes a republican at least 10 times on his nightly program. This time in our life is so focused on celebrities, just think of Oprah endorsing Obama to be president - her "oprah effect" may have won him the election, we are getting a president because of a celebrity.

This needs to stop

 

I know the simple is deemed as stupid right? I don't think so. Have you ever heard of Occam's Razor? That's what they use with science. In essence it's about making things simpler.

The conservative way is simple, and I believe it works. It's just common sense.

 

He is a "dude"...no woman can be that God awful ugly.

 

Well, free speech whatever the big bucks say it is, after all. The Supreme court said so (thanks in large part to your party's last dimwitted POTUS).

 

Oh I did, I did indeed. Isn't George the current record holder for taking vacation at his ranch while he played cowboy? I do think so!

 

Thank you for the support Patrick.

 

I don't like those things either. Still, there needs to be another way of reaching people other than through government. Gosh, if anything tells us that our government can't be counted on, just look at how many times they have had to avoid shutting down this year.

 

I know the Occam's Razor. Is an argument that I've used many times.

I won't discuss if it is better or not conservatism. Just I pointed a fact. In the world of culture and acedemic world most of the people are more left leaning.

And conservatism is not simple. Conservatism is dangerous for the people. Finally I discussed it.

Conservatism is a form to give absolute power to the corporations. Normal that conservatives don't like to listen things like is fault of the corporations. Because that is a direct attack to their system of beliefs.

 

I don't agree. I believe less governmental involvement means more freedom for me. It's very simple.

I don't agree with your claim about corporations. The consumer drives the market. The consumer controls how well a company does, in the end.

 

Not at all.The reality teaches us the contrary. The consumer have some power, but not real power in many sectors.

Let's see, there is no problem of less intervention in economy. That can be good. But also is necessary to be collective(public or worker controlled) many areas like education, healthcare, social security(as it is understand in Europe), pension system... All these areas need to be public. Although you can have also free market there, for the people that maybe want some extra service and in the private sector can be offered. And also that creates competence and better services.

Conservative usually want some kind of social darwinism. The richs are the survivors the rulers, and the rest tools of them. And if they die whatever. That is the vision of conservatism.

About the corporations I won't discuss that because we won't agree, and the topic of this is being a conservative in Liberal Media. And I justified because in this sector is typical to be left leaning.

 

Here's a list of some conservative journalists.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2010/02/09/the-right-s-top-25-journalists.html

 

I think the problem is that conservatives since the 1970s have wrongly assumed the media is biased to towards liberalism or the left. They want to get a platform for conservatism in response. Thats not the way to go. I would challenge you to seek out conservatives in print and broadcast media and listen to those who have continued to work in the mainstream press. If possible talk to someone at Fox News or The Wall Street Journal who decided to make the shift. Good Luck

 

Because it often is someone else's fault? And when do corporations (or more precisely the people who hide behind them) get to face personal responsibility? Why is a corporation "too big to fail" but actual human beings can be left to die because they got caught up in the economic adjustments of people in suits?

Personal responsibility shouldn't just be a political catch-phrase. I'm all in favor it. I just think it should apply at least as much to people that wear neckties as to people with blue collars.

 

I don't think I've ever read something so shocking and hilarious at the same time.

My friend if you think Paul Ryan is a solid choice for president you are NOT a liberal and I very much doubt you're a democrat.

 

The financial media is dominated by conservatives. I'm sure you won't have a problem finding kin if you look there.

 

As an example of how journalism works now, GE CEO Jack Welch thought it was ludicrous that NBC should be allowed to do or say anything that didn't maximize the profits of GE (his exact phrase was "liberal BS", without the abbreviation), so he took the steps to change that. Just look at the old watchdog Tim Russert, and compare him to the later lapdog Tim Russert. And now we get the airhead Luke Russert, given a job because daddy was a reliable shill, and continuing on daddy's proud tradition. Someone like the original Tim Russert could not get hired by NBC now.

Or you can take my local paper, the Indianapolis Star, a subsidy of Gannett (USA Today). They slashed the local reporting staff down by about two-thirds, and are openly contemptuous of the concept of "investigation", being that there's no profit in it. According to Gannett, their job to echo what people in power say, and nothing more. If one side is openly lying, Gannett is unconcerned, and says it's not their job to point that out. Their job is the phony equivalence song-and-dance.

That's modern journalism, dominated by very conservative corporations pushing the bottom line. If you're willing to play mindless stenographer for the he-said/she-said games, there's a place for you in big journalism.

 

You are going to be a terrible journalist.