Media Bias

   Strategy: When you have a losing hand, play the victim card.

   We hear many complaints about "liberal elite media bias" dominating coverage of social and political issues, to the extent that conservative views do not get adequate, or even fair, exposure.
   So where is the dominance of liberals and suppression of conservatives if the Number One slots in many of the leading media outlets are occupied by conservatives?
   To claim that liberals dominate the media is to say that nobody can hear Rush Limbaugh, or Sean Hannity, or Bill O'Reilly, or Ann Coulter, or can read their books. To say that liberal newspapers set the national agenda is to say that the Wall Street Journal is not the largest-selling newspaper in America (it is), or that the Fox News channel does not have more viewers than its competitors (it does). And those are just the outlets with nationwide exposure. There are also the many local and regional newspapers, magazines, radio and TV stations and commentators with their significant following.
   Sure, there are liberal voices in newspapers, radio and television. But do they have such clout that they drown out the conservatives?
   Try saying, "Shush, Rush" and see how far you get.