Sunday, May 1, 2011

Our liberal media. Not so liberal. Media political endorsements, election 2011.

Liberal media, my ass. If anyone ever had a doubt about our media being almost exclusively not merely Conservative but full-on right wing, take a gander at this puppy. You can dismiss these numbers because they are represented in Wikipedia, but I bet they're right on.

Here are the media endorsements of political parties in 2011:
  • Conservatives: 31
  • NDP: 2
  • Bloc: 1
  • Liberals: 0
  • Greens: 0
Listen folks, this is our media represented here. They are supposed to be impartial news gatherers, not just puppets of a single political party. Yet the great majority of newspapers have endorsed a diseased party without blinking. The Conservatives have ransacked our national identity and acted in a repeated unethical, amoral and illegal manner. Harper's plans for our future, in the event of a Conservative majority, are even more dire.

But the facts and reality have little to do with today's journalism, especially in Canada. The Conservatives have been propped up by a journalistic body that is rotting from corruption and lassitude. And it will do anything to blame anyone or anything other than themselves or the Conservatives.

Yet the media and Conservative bloggers keep harping on Canada's 'liberal media', as if that fools anyone. Judging from the NDP surge, Canadians are not buying it. They just are not paying attention anymore. We've had enough of slanted Conservative bullshit from our newspapers and televisions.

H/T: Dan Gardner

3 comments:

Offroad Artist said...

You took the words right out of my mouth. This is a dark period indeed for Canadian journalism. The title is probably a little misleading for the less-engaged folks out there.

Jymn said...

Thanks, Offroad. I clarified the title and added a little at the beginning to make it less misleading.

Skinny Dipper said...

Whether on agreed or disagreed, a majority of Canadians opposed the Charlottetown Accord referendum even though the vast majority of media outlets supported the Accord.

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