Dvd Avins (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} barking_iguana) wrote,@ 2008-04-29 15:30:00 |
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This is why we are where we are
For decades, polling has shown Americans to be far more liberal on issues than in our voting patterns. Part of that difference comes from the superior job what used to be accurately called the Far Right did in making itself an effective movement in the 1970s. In the last six years, we've been catching up, but they probably still have an edge.
The greater part, however, comes from institutional bias in the media. It's to be expected that the right wing will obscure and vilify liberal candidates. What most folks don't expect and don't take into account when they form their opinions of politicians is that since 1981, the supposedly liberal media has consistently spun the coverage of liberal candidates, functioning as part of the Far Right's apparatus.
For a trenchant, current example, see http://syndicated.livejournal.com/green
For decades, polling has shown Americans to be far more liberal on issues than in our voting patterns. Part of that difference comes from the superior job what used to be accurately called the Far Right did in making itself an effective movement in the 1970s. In the last six years, we've been catching up, but they probably still have an edge.
The greater part, however, comes from institutional bias in the media. It's to be expected that the right wing will obscure and vilify liberal candidates. What most folks don't expect and don't take into account when they form their opinions of politicians is that since 1981, the supposedly liberal media has consistently spun the coverage of liberal candidates, functioning as part of the Far Right's apparatus.
For a trenchant, current example, see http://syndicated.livejournal.com/green
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