I was a journalist during the Watergate era. During that time, no one ever told me what to write, however, everyone in the newsroom was a liberal. To express a contrarian view would have been suicidal. Everyone distrusted the police. Everyone distrusted the government. Blacks were always right. Whites were always evil. The news business is also an “us against them” battle with ownership. I never worked anywhere where the owner wasn’t viewed as a greedy, evil $#%$head and ownership viewed journalists as a necessary, cash-sucking evil. I think it is possible to survive a liberal journalism program and be objective. I think it is harder to join a staff and buck the trend.

Look at who turns to journalism. Generally, people who are not talented in math and science. People who didn’t make it to law school and people who are satisfied not making a lot of money. When someone doesn’t make a lot of money, they are going to be sympathetic to government freebies and higher taxes on someone else. One big problem with TV journalism today is the proliferation of non-journalists into the business, especially lawyers who are trained to argue a point of view. Check out how many of the major TV anchors are journalism majors, most are not. I have no problem with a reporter being a liberal. I have a problem with a journalist views his liberalism as more important than his professionalism. Walter Cronkite was a flaming lib. While he was on the air, no one knew it. That’s how it should be.

I’d like to find one journalist who knows what an adverb is and how to use it.
Rohert - you should write comedy, unfortunately, you are the only one that believes what you write.

AckCentrist… As always, thank you for the enlightening post.