scott_harpell Posted June 12, 2004 Posted June 12, 2004 "Find the pro-lifers in a newsroom. That's harder than finding Waldo." David Yarnold, editor of the opinion pages at the San Jose Mercury News, on a new study by the Pew Research Center that found that just 7 percent of reporters at national news organizations are self-described conservatives; 34 percent are self-identified liberals Quote
JoshK Posted June 12, 2004 Posted June 12, 2004 "Find the pro-lifers in a newsroom. That's harder than finding Waldo." David Yarnold, editor of the opinion pages at the San Jose Mercury News, on a new study by the Pew Research Center that found that just 7 percent of reporters at national news organizations are self-described conservatives; 34 percent are self-identified liberals  I would imagine writing, even at a factual level, is a creative output. Intellige...err...creative people (artists, dancers, actors, etc..) are generally liberal. Quote
scott_harpell Posted June 12, 2004 Author Posted June 12, 2004 In keeping with the moonbat vernacular... facts please. Quote
johndavidjr Posted June 12, 2004 Posted June 12, 2004 WSJ, 2nd-largest US newspaper's editorial page as you know is extremely right-wing, & its late editor Robert Bartly got award from Dubya just before he died last year for supporting Republicans. I work in a large wire-service newsroom distantly affiliated with WSJ, & though I haven't taken any polls, the numbers cited by San Jose seem lighter on the right than where I work. However, I wouldn't dispute the larger point. It was in Nixon's time when Republicans were first able to add the Yahoos to their natural base of Country Club types. To grossly simplify, since the CC folks are a comparatively small bunch who are too rich to go into jounalism, & the Yahoos can't spell, the people you find in newsrooms tend to be drawn from what's left over, making it more likely that they'll be liberal. The solution is design better spell checkers, or pay journalists like investment bankers. I'm in favor of both measures. Quote
JoshK Posted June 12, 2004 Posted June 12, 2004 In keeping with the moonbat vernacular... facts please. Â I have none...have you not noticed most in the creative professions are progressives? Take holywood for example... Quote
johndavidjr Posted June 12, 2004 Posted June 12, 2004 To grossly simplify, since the CC folks are a comparatively small bunch who are too rich to go into jounalism, & the Yahoos can't spell, the people you find in newsrooms tend to be drawn from what's left over, making it more likely that they'll be liberal Quote
Skeezix Posted June 13, 2004 Posted June 13, 2004 The solution is design better spell checkers, or pay journalists like investment bankers. I'm in favor of both measures. Quote
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