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Originally Posted by dobbles
I think you are missing the point overall. Sure there are some very liberal media outlets that you mention, but the problem as I see it is that conservatives have convinced themselves that ALL media not named Fox News is biased against them. It's not about Maddow, or Olbermann, or any other left leaning folks. But the fact that many Americans feel that the major news networks, NPR, CNN, newspapers etc etc are all in on this huge conspiracy. There is a ton of really great journalism that goes on and it is all dismissed by those on the right as some vast conspiracy.
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You don't have to believe in conspiracies to criticize echo chamber media outlets on the Left. The original claim I was disputing was that those media outlets have no agenda because they are right. That the bias on the Left is not a bias because they have some kind of moral authority.
That's clearly not the case.
There ARE media outlets, however, where conspiratorial claims have at least a kernel of merit. In particular, the CBC is a media outlet that displays an egregious and politicized agenda. This makes sense, since it is first and foremost a government agency - and all government agencies first priority is the maintenance of itself.