Journalist Eric Alterman wrote a whole book on this entitled, yes, What Liberal Media? He puts it down to a right-wing propaganda victory, and that's certainly part of the story. But also, I think, most US newspapers are fairly far right. Against that background, the NYT looks liberal, even if it's to the right on Nancy Pelosi, herself almost exactly at the US center as far as I can tell.
When Grover Norquist and Noam Chomsky are treated as equally radical by a news source, I will believe it is unbiased.
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Date: 2010-11-18 07:26 am (UTC)When Grover Norquist and Noam Chomsky are treated as equally radical by a news source, I will believe it is unbiased.