Mr. Soloman presented empirical data which directly contradict the oft-repeated claim that our media are liberal. That is to say, not only is the "Liberal Media" accusation false, but the opposite is true; empirical data cited by Mr. Solomon, and others, reveal a conservative bias in mainstream media reportage.

for example:

Conservative talk show hosts and newspaper columnists have made an industry out of incessantly deriding the American left, citing liberals for everything from moral decay to bad economic policy to a soft approach on terrorism. Often these accusations are bound in book form and sell quite well. Only one problem, according to Salon.com and New York Observer writer Joe Conason: the charges they're leveling just aren't true. In Big Lies, Conason dissects 10 of the most persistent, and--according to him--glaringly incorrect, arguments made by conservatives. Each chapter begins with a quotation ("Liberals control the media and misuse their influence to promote left-wing politics," "Conservatives are the only true champions of free enterprise"), which is then picked apart using statistical evidence and detailed historical research and rejected. The modern right wing, in the opinion of Conason, is not the bastion of virtue and defender of the common man it claims to be. Rather, it is a calculating and shrewdly efficient group of propagandists fueled by revenues generated by a system that rewards cronyism. Granted, it doesn't take much to deflate the bombast of shrill political talk show hosts whose very living depends on making shocking accusations about public figures, a couple of raw facts usually does the trick, but Conason offers more than simple refutation, going deeper to challenge the presumptions that generate such platitudes.

From an Amazon.com review of What Liberal Media? The Truth About Bias and the News by Eric Alterman

Finally, as we have seen, there were serious doubts among the Bush adminstration's own experts about the justifications showcased for the invasion of Iraq. The fact that the questionable justifications got the daily headlines while the serious doubts got the small print is a vivid demonstration of the right-wing media bias.

You are free to present empirical data to support your point of view.

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