Why conservatives prefer propaganda to reality

[dbphoenix]

The OP reads like another of DB's unintentional parodies.

For example, "Most of them are fairly straightforward news organizations with no overt political agenda, like NPR, various network news, CNN, and the New York Times." I almost spit my coffee when I read that. I guess these are the same people who view obama as a middle of the road moderate.

There's a reason that the network news, the non-Fox cable channels and the liberal news papers are losing consumers hand over fist. People are sick of their bias and now they have alternatives.

And once again you confirm the thesis of the OP.

Thanks.

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

When was the last time the NYTimes endorsed a republican candidate? Other than perhaps Bloomberg, who ran as a fake republican to avoid the democrat primary.

 

[Lucrum]

And once again you confirm the thesis of the OP.

Thanks.

Hmm...not really..douche bag garland.

 

[der_kommissar]

And once again you confirm the thesis of the OP.

Thanks.

Or maybe it's the fact that you're a "shut in" that spends 16-18 hours a day between this site and your favorite liberal blogs.

 

[Max E.]

Was thinking the same thing, the article reads like its from the onion or something.

The OP reads like another of DB's unintentional parodies.

For example, "Most of them are fairly straightforward news organizations with no overt political agenda, like NPR, various network news, CNN, and the New York Times." I almost spit my coffee when I read that. I guess these are the same people who view obama as a middle of the road moderate.

There's a reason that the network news, the non-Fox cable channels and the liberal news papers are losing consumers hand over fist. People are sick of their bias and now they have alternatives.

 

[Lucrum]

 

[DHOHHI]

Or maybe it's the fact that you're a "shut in" that spends 16-18 hours a day between this site and your favorite liberal blogs.

Only one person on ET you can be referring to ... the bozo who claims he can't leave his house as he's watching his paint dry. I suspect he has agoraphobia ...

 

[futurecurrents]

Great article. Really just confirms what we non-conservatives already knew.

Conservatives, on the other hand, saw betrayers and liars around every corner. Consistent conservatives distrusted a whopping 24 out of 36 outlets and mostly conservative respondents distrusted 15 and were skeptical of quite a few more. The hostility wasn’t just to well-known liberal sources like MSNBC. Strong conservatives hated all the network news, CNN, NPR, and the major national outlets, except the Wall Street Journal. Respondents who are mostly conservative fared better, but were still hostile to the New York Times and the Washington Post, as well as skeptical of mainstream organizations like CBS and NBC News.

The fact that conservatives are this paranoid should be alarming enough, but it becomes even more frightening when you consider who conservatives do trust in the media. Consistent conservatives only trusted 8 media sources–compared to the 28 liberals trusted–and of the eight, only one has anything approaching respectable reporting or reliable information. And that one, the Wall Street Journal, has good straight reporting but has an op-ed page that is a train wreck of right-wing distortions and misinformation. Most conservative people were a little more open-minded, trusting USA Today and ABC News, but still were supportive of openly distorting sources like Fox News or the Drudge Report.

 

[Lucrum]