@ProfMJCleveland @MZHemingway @FDRLST They have been that for 30 years, at least. I discovered it while living in Europe in 1994. Leading up to the November elections, European papers were all writing about how it was looking like Republicans would take the House for the first time since the 1952...
@ProfMJCleveland @MZHemingway @FDRLST But the @nytimes? Crickets. Puff pieces on Senator Ted Kennedy. They utterly ignored it.
I remember the epiphany quite clearly. I said to myself, "They're not reporting events; they're trying to *shape" events."
It's gotten much, much worse ever since.
I remember the epiphany quite clearly. I said to myself, "They're not reporting events; they're trying to *shape" events."
It's gotten much, much worse ever since.
@ProfMJCleveland @MZHemingway @FDRLST @nytimes Democrats always knew they had a friendly press (and Republicans faced a hostile one). But since Bill Clinton - and worse since Obama - Democrats now know that the press not only prefers them, but will actively lie and cover up for them.
I've been writing about this for years.
I've been writing about this for years.
