Smart Bombs: Libs, Cons Both Suspicious Of Media

Political partisans can always be counted on to pump up the volume on their “media bias” rants during election season. It does me no good to tell them otherwise, but I’ve always thought it would be interesting to take two passionate critics and lock them in a room so they can listen to each other’s arguments.

Liberal: “Bush lied. People died. He should be impeached. So why doesn’t The Spokesman-Review report that?”

Conservative: “Come on. Those anti-war pantywaists are on your side. Don’t you read the editorials?”

Lib: “They endorsed Bush. Twice! I don’t trust ‘em.”

Con: “Oh, please. Look what they did to Jim West! He was a Republican!”

Lib: “They endorsed him, too.”

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Question: Are the media liberal? Conservative? Unpredictable?