Eat Your Own

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‘Liberal’ Media

“Say what? The liberal mainstream media has it in for liberal politicians? The answer to that question, I would argue, is an unambiguous ‘yes.’ There are few things more comforting to journalists — constantly under attack for their alleged liberal bias — than to make life miserable for their supposed allies on the left. Not only do they think it might give their critics pause, but it also feeds into their own sense of even-handedness.”

—Dan Kennedy, journalism professor and pundit, “What The New York Times’ Screw-Up Tells Us About the Liberal Media’s Anti-Liberal Bias,” WGBH, 2015

   
• Editorial Comment: Fairness and balance.


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