Why the Media Bias

There is a very interesting read over at ABC (really!) regarding the media bias. There is, of course, a disclaimer at the end of the article stating that it is not the view of ABC News. It is worthy of a read. But it is the chilling conclusion that I want to bring to your attention. Michael Malone blames Editors for the bias. Why?

Picture yourself in your 50s in a job where you’ve spent 30 years working your way to the top, to the cockpit of power … only to discover that you’re presiding over a dying industry. The Internet and alternative media are stealing your readers, your advertisers and your top young talent. Many of your peers shrewdly took golden parachutes and disappeared. Your job doesn’t have anywhere near the power and influence it did when your started your climb. The Newspaper Guild is too weak to protect you any more, and there is a very good chance you’ll lose your job before you cross that finish line, 10 years hence, of retirement and a pension.

Then comes Obama with the possibility of the Democrats holding all three branches with massive majorities in Congress.

With luck, this monolithic, single-party government will crush the alternative media via a revived fairness doctrine, re-invigorate unions by getting rid of secret votes, and just maybe be beholden to people like you in the traditional media for getting it there.

And besides, you tell yourself, it’s all for the good of the country …