Sep 6, 2008

Mass Media | Liberal Media Bias Is Not a Myth

Pat Buchanan, a former speechwriter and adviser for presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan, is a nationally syndicated columnist and a founder and editor of the magazine American Conservative. He was twice a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, and ran for president under the Reform Party in 2000. In the viewpoint that follows, he argues that claims that liberal media bias is a myth are unfounded. The media—by which he means the nation’s television networks and major newspapers—are demonstrably liberal, both in their editorial positions and in...