The media is biased!

USNA81
Sat, 05 Aug 2006 10:19:32 +0000

I don’t think it is a conspiracy that makes the media more liberal than the average American. It is a process of self-selection. Those individuals who tend to be idealist, have a healthy skepticism of government, have an unhealthy sense of moral superiority, and could not solve a differential equation if their life depended on it are drawn to journalism.

The military happens to be more conservative due to the same process of self-selection. Individuals drawn to the military tend to believe in the concept, or are at least open to the concept of duty, honor, and country.

It seems to me, it is intellectually dishonest not to acknowledge that the national media, as a whole, is more liberal than the average American. It is equally intellectually dishonest not to acknowledge that the U.S. military, as a whole, is more conservative than the average American.