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Unfortunately, American media is heavily partisan. There is no true "unbiased media" or "bi-partisan" media outlet. The glut of media leans toward the left. Conservative journalists who work for liberal publications are pigeonholed into the role of "Conservative Commenter" while the plum roles of more "mainstream jobs" like anchormen and reporters are decidedly liberal.
The overwhelming majority of media is not indicative of the political leanings of the American public. There is a majority of liberal media, and a decided lack of convervative media outlets. Fox News is a conservative network, and an outlet for conservative America. Let us be reminded that CNN, C-SPAN, NBC, CBS and ABC-- other primary media-- are decidedly liberal and cater to the liberal audience.
Consider this. In the last two presidential elections---
In 1996, 89% of Washington bureau chiefs and journalists voted for Clinton.
In 2000, 7% ofWashington bureau chiefs and journalists voted for Dubya.
This illustrates that there is a uneven balance of liberal journalists to conservative journalists, thus showing the media angles are disproportionately representative of the American political landscape; conservatives do not have any where near as many conservative media outlets as liberals have liberal media outlets.
So to summarize: we live in a bi-partisan society with decidedly partisan media, and uneven partisan representation within the media.
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