<Good grief, Tom, the person who asked that question was probably Lindy. Regardless, do you think they should have excluded this question, and that their failure to do so implies leftist leanings on part of Newshour? If you do, then I think I've discovered your problem with media.
Kalb's response to the stupid, biased question (and he's supposed to be the bright one):
Not quite the "radical rigid right." I'd say it all goes back to Spiro Agnew's first assaults on the networks in November 1969, when the Nixon administration was trying to stifle anti-Vietnam criticism -- and succeeded. Since then the notion that the media is left-leaning has gained prominence. People now accept that idea as fact. Too bad.
In other words, aside from her wording, he agrees that it is silly to think that the media leans left, despite vast evidence to the contrary.
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Re: slights of the News Hour
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- PBS heading for the trash heap of history?
- For those who responded with slights of the News Hour (some on the basis of its "leftist" tendencies, I guess)
- Read this, and you know we need PBS.
- You want to turn The News Hour into NBC, CNN, or Fox news???