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The Right-Wing Washington Post
by Arkady

Glenn Greenwald makes a terrific case that the "liberal media" outlet, the Washington Post, actually does much more to give a soap box to conservatives than to liberals:

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He points out that of the eight op-eds and opinion pieces they published that day, two were by former Bush officials, one by a former Reagan official, one by two prominent right-wing politicians, one by a neocon, one by the CEO of an energy company, one by a defender of right-wing military coup leaders, and one by a liberal. Six championed part of the right-wing agenda, one pushed something like centrism, and one pushed a left-wing view. Collectively, it was a very conservative batch.

And the rightward tilt isn't a single-day exception. Greenwald's point is correct, that they regularly give more space to conservatives than liberals, and that the editorial board itself leans right, at least on foreign-policy/war/security issues.

Certainly there are liberal media outlets in this country: "The Nation," for example. And there are outlets that give soap boxes to the left and right but significantly more often to the left: "Salon.com," for example. But I'm glad someone is pointing out how sometimes outlets that the conventional wisdom has labeled "liberal" are anything but. The Washington Post is a great example. To a lesser extent, so are CNN and the NYT.

Re: The Right-Wing Washington Post
by MaryAnne

You should see our local paper. All we have to read is George Will, Jonah Goldberg and the editorial is against everything that is progressive.And they wonder why they are losing readers.

What makes it so bad is DDN is a Cox Newspaper started by Governor Cox. He would be spinning in his grave to see what his paper has become.

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