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The useful myth of "the liberal media" - by Josh Sternberg

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And why we need to part the clouds of delusion.

One of the most useful myths the American political right has created and wrapped itself up in has been this notion of the “liberal media.” Just by proclaiming that the media is liberal pushes news organizations to trip over themselves to not appear to be liberal. This is part of what Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall called in 2009 “wired.” As in, Washington, D.C. is “wired” for Republicans. We’re coming off of, or at least we’ve had a period of (because who knows about the future) thirty plus years of conservative dominance of Washington. By some measures you could say forty years. But…

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