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Dave Mundy wrote:

> applejackmac@webtv.net wrote:
>
> > Big corporations might be influencing the commentary . as the stations
> > and some newspapers (even the Inquirer ) have been leaning  more and
> > more towards conservative viewpoints.This is a definite change from the
> > past..Perhaps now that big corporations own the big stations we are
> > getting news with their influence .I have even noticed local tv stations
> > finding more and more people in malls , who favor impeachment..funny
> > considering 70 percent of the people in one poll think otherwise...
>
> Just remember who's doing the polling, my friend. Most of the polling
> services, like CNN, Harris and Pew, are owned by ultra-liberals. What the
> poll says depends on what questions you're asking and what answers you're
> fishing for. Any Marketing 101 student can tell you how easy they are to
> manipulate.

I struggled with this for a number of years.  For a long time now I have
considered the major news outlets little more than liberal mouthpieces, and
generally I still do.  But the fact is, the owners of the media are indeed
Fiscal conservatives while the operation is functionally Liberal on social
issues such as civil rights, gun control, abortion, et al.

Max