Gainor Column: Journalism Is Dying and Newsies Decide Nowhere but Left to Go
Arianna Huffington's crazy left-wing, pro-Democrat website gets bought out by AOL for $315 million. Professional Angry Man Keith Olbermann follows up by joining Al Gore's deservedly unknown Current TV effort. Before that, decrepit Newsweek was absorbed by one of the lesser liberal lights of the blogosphere – Tina Brown's Daily Beast. To journalists desperate for a direction – any direction – turning left seems an easy way to go. Forget MSNBC's brief propaganda attempt to “lean forward.” That is going nowhere. Old-style, supposedly neutral journalism is collapsing. Out of the rubble, we are seeing more and more journalists declare themselves to be what we've always known they were – liberal, left-wing, progressive or even ” socialist ,” as MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell admitted late last year. Faster than a congressman can take off his shirt, journalists have proven every complaint about media bias conservatives have leveled for decades. Yes, journalists are liberal. Yes, they blatantly spin stories to benefit both liberals and Democrats. Yes, hosts like Chris Matthews play ” Hardball ” with conservatives and play a thrill-ing game of slo-pitch softball with their Democrat buddies.
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