Daniel Drezner writes about blog influence on the media. Or, more specifically, blog readership by those in the media. The survey results that Drezner discusses also bring up one of the more amusing discussions for bloggers - media bias.
The elite responses are somewhat more liberal than the overall responses, but the difference is not terribly great. At a minimum, the media professionals than consume blogs seems to have far more centrist tastes in blogs than is often proclaimed by those on the right.
It is interesting to see the number of both right and left - leaning blogs on the lists. Probably tells us that the media who read blogs are looking for information, no matter the source, that could help them do their jobs. Definitely a good sign. Although the caveat that Drezner makes is quite valuable when discussing the “liberal bias” in media.
It’s equally possible that liberal journalists are practicing The Godather, Part II dictum of, “keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer”
An fascinating ponderance. Left-leaning journalists scour the Newsmax-ish set, hoping to find a scoop. Not a bad idea, frankly. But what does it all mean, when you boil the potatoes for a few extra hours?
I have a few thoughts on the whole “liberal/conservative” theory about the media, and one of my own is that perhaps the people who come out as being conservative are stating their beliefs in such a way where they look very far away from the rest of the media. This “remainder” could still be blatantly liberal, I don’t know - or, it could be a mixture of elephant and donkey supporters.
I bounced some of these ideas off of CableNewser’s Brian Stelter tonight, and he brought something very interesting to mind. “Journalists tend to lean liberal,” he said, “which makes sense — journalists enter the biz hoping to change the world and make it better. That’s a liberal notion, eh?” And now that I think about it, he could be on point there. And no, this doesn’t mean that every newspaper reporter is a registered Democrat - it just means that many of them could be, just by design.
