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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Democrat Pat Caddell on Media Bias
	Date:	10/1/2012 11:07:43 AM

Gave a speech recently where he explained why the mainstream media, or government media as it should be called, is biased and how the media is a threat to our democracy. Interestingly, he went all the way back to 1980, that's long before Fox News for you left wing nuts out there, as the starting point where the media first took sides in an election (Bush v Dukakis). He also points to recent polling where 60% of Americans do not trust the media at all or not very much. Of course there is a divide between Republicans and Democrats on this question and all I can say is duh! When you have a left wing media is it any wonder that more left wingers trust them? That alone tells you there is a bias in the govt media.

One aspect that he pointed out that I never keyed on was the genesis of the symbiotic relationship between govt and the media that has evolved over the last 30 years. By that he mentions the numbers of people that migrate between the two and/or have relationships where one spouse is in govt or a campaign and the other is in the mainstream media. Lots of interesting examples from both the left and the right but because the mainstream media is left leaning there are many more examples of Dems invading the media and moving between politics and media.

Glad to see at least one Democrat that admits to what is blatantly obvious to the rest of us.