Conservative views are “balance.” Liberal views are “bias.”
Todd Gitlin is keeping tabs on Tim Russert for the Columbia Journalism Review.
Todd Gitlin makes no secret of the fact that his politics are of the liberal variety. Tim Russert, on the other hand, blathers on about politics and pretends he is presenting just the facts. So Mr. Gitlin gets attacked for voicing an opinion about Mr. Russert’s facts.
Confused? So am I. I don’t see much fuss about conservative columnists attacking the supposed liberal bias of mainstream media. It seems that the liberal bias of newspapers is just a fact, so printing attacks on liberals is a way of balancing opinion. Conversely, liberals addressing what we see as a conservative bias are doing nothing more than proving the fact that we media types are liberal. Got it?
