Nutjobs Ranting About Politics.

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Originally posted by bilmore
Few dailies, from what I've seen. I speak of the daily, leader-of-the-city newspapers that people generally read every day. Froim these, I think they get a very left-centric view. I agree that there are rightist sources out there, but not of this same genre (in terms of what kind of media we think of when we hear "honey, where's the paper!?" ) And, if your response is, put out a rightist one of the same character, I think that begs the question. My demand for ethics should not be met with "well, then, drop your own ethics, and it'll be fair."

Are you speaking of the Rushes, the Coulters, the NROs - all of which are specifically, and explicitly, setting out one defined viewpoint as a goal, not as news deliverers? When you hear or read those people, they tell you right up front what they believe and cherish. The NYT gives us "news" - they decide what to tell us, and their selection process is defined by what they want us to know that fosters their ideology, but they frame it so that an unsuspecting reader might think they've heard a neutral source.

I see you are not familiar with Freedom Communications:

Headquartered in Irvine, Ca., Freedom Communications publishes 28 daily newspapers and 37 weekly publications. The newspapers' combined daily circulation is slightly more than 1.2 million subscribers.

Freedom's flagship newspaper is the Santa Ana, Ca.-based Orange County Register with a circulation of 360,000. With its innovative design, use of graphics and color, and three Pulitzer Prizes, The Register has gained a reputation as one of the finest newspapers in the world.

These guys are trying as hard as they can to be the conservative equivalent of the New York Times or the Washington Post.

Trouble is, self assessment to the contrary, they suck. The writing just isn't very good. I say this not as a liberal, but as a former journalist. I also have it on good authority that they pay like shit.