the new center

When i was a kid, i seem to remember the news being rather unbiased, leaning only slightly to the left. In high school and beyond, this changed however, as the mainstream media started leaning farther and farther left and became more and more vocal about it. Then came FoxNews, which i constantly here degraded as a so-called conservative source. On campus, it's a running joke. i don't have cable, but i listen to KNZZ almost every day, and they use FoxNews every hour, and from personal observation i have to strongly object. FoxNews on the radio is not conservative, it is the new mainstream media, the same as mainstream media was in my childhood: they are slightly biased and leaning left. They allow Obama statements and viewpoints to run that are clearly not factual and propagandist in nature. Sure, Glenn and Sean are covering things that no one else on TV will, but their standard news service is too left for me. Being an unbiased reporter is dead, that's a big part of why i decided not to continue with my Mass Communications major, because no matter how much they touted the fact that they were teaching us to be unbiased, their everyday conversations and lectures are very, very biased. I have to wonder what FoxNews will be like in ten, fifteen years. Will they be as openly liberal as the major networks are now?

What sparked off this little tirade? Well it's their coverage of Senator Lieberman, who fortunately is taking a stand against healthcare reform. At the top of the article in an unattractive photo of him, which is unprofessional of them and indicates bias against him (you don't think the mainstream media would run an image making Obama look bad, do you?). i remember a day when i said that i would have voted for Lieberman before voting for McCain, but barring moving to Conn. i doubt that i'll ever get that chance. i greatly regret voting for McCain: i was really voting for Palin and against Obama. i wanted to write in Paul, but now he has betrayed our cause by taking bail out funds. i refuse to buy a product funded by that money.

Anyways, kudos to you, Senator Lieberman, continue to stand up for what you believe in, you're in my prayers.

ETA: More kudos for Senator Lieberman