The media have routinely denied having a liberal bias over the years, but when it comes to Barack Obama, they're not so shy about admitting their favoritism. Time magazine's year-end double issue republishes "Letters of the Year," and reprinted in the largest boldest, type is this reaction to the 2008 Person of the Year story:
"Choosing Obama was so predictable. TIME has had a love affair with him since he announced his candidacy for president." -- Ken Taylor, HARTFORD, TENN.
That was the only republished letter with a conservative viewpoint. The "Dissent of the Year" was a rant comparing Fox talker Glenn Beck to a terrorist after their Beck cover story in September:
"Running a cover story on Glenn Beck is the equivalent of giving a terrorist publicity for setting off a bomb. Beck has made himself rich off people's fears without making the slightest constructive comment on national issues. He's a TV evangelist who makes altar calls and then drives away in his Cadillac." -- Alan Moen, ENTIAT, WASH. on "The Agitator," Sept. 28.
Also in bold type were a series of liberal letters, as usual. These sentences were also in bold (if slightly smaller in type):
"Someone should remind Ann Coulter that, based on the result of the election, 'normal' in this country is liberal, not right-wing." -- Ralph Kaden, POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. on Coulter's Time 100 Essay for the May 11 issue.
"History will be kind to Ted Kennedy. And like other great Americans who went before him, he now belongs to the ages." -- Paul Whiteley Sr., LOUISVILLE, KY. on Time's Sept.7 commemorative issue.
"I hope the strength and resilience Elizabeth Edwards has found will continue to serve her well." -- Karen Katz, CLEVELAND, on Edwards' book except in the May 18 issue.
"Amen to Time. Gay or not -- who cares? Adam Lambert is sexy and has a singing voice from God. I know he'll be a big star." -- Amanda Posito, CHATSWORTH, CALIF., on a May 18 review of Lambert and American Idol.
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.
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The pool of conservative letters
Thu, 12/24/2009 - 09:01 ET by KC MulvilleSince so few conservatives bother to read Time anymore, it's a wonder they had any conservative letters to choose from. I never read it anymore ... my only contact with it comes when Real Clear Politics publishes an op-ed from it.
To be a judicious reader these days, you have to read from different viewpoints: conservative, liberal, and so on. But Time no longer represents the "cutting edge" (cough, hack) of liberal thinking. When you want to know what liberals are thinking, you go to the Huffington Post, Kos, etc. You don't bother going to Time. Time doesn't represent liberals ... it represents the view of liberals who stopped thinking, and just react to their Democrat masters.
Very good points KC...
Thu, 12/24/2009 - 14:09 ET by unkeeafI'm in agreement with your assessment and I would include the other news magazines in that group. Liberal thought, if we can call it that, is best found on the Internet, though their psycho ramblings are often difficult to follow.
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Joan Baez sings...
Thu, 12/24/2009 - 09:36 ET by beauxdogTime, Time mag mag
You got me on the rag rag
Take your insults about the queen
And shove them up your royal Timeze machine
- Joan Baez 1972
I credit this being the first "Rap" song. It is bad poetry spoken to a funky beat and as the song fades out... Joan can be heard saying "This is a rap, boys".
Beauxdog
"Listening to you, I get the music. Gazing at you, I get the heat. Following you, I climb the mountains. I get excitement at your feet." Tommy - The Who (or is it the MSM?)
Most likely the only
Thu, 12/24/2009 - 09:43 ET by NewsbusterbrownMost likely the only conservatives that still read this rag do so only at their family doctor.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone here!
“There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
I have successfully
Thu, 12/24/2009 - 10:22 ET by rbosqueI have successfully convinced my friends and family to stop reading that rag. It was quite easy once they realized the hypocracy. I know of no one who reads that rubbish now.
With the exception of the first letter...
Thu, 12/24/2009 - 10:16 ET by P. Aaron...all the other replies to TIME reflect the intellectual capacity of PEOPLE's or US Magazine's letter column rather than an ostensible thought provoking 'News Journal'.
time magazine/the loser obama
Fri, 12/25/2009 - 01:35 ET by NotFondOfLibsThis third rate publication called time magazine can gush all they want about their love affair with this loser obama, because it won't generate more sales and subscriptions. It will be a cold day in Hell when I purchase time or newsweek, obama's weekly butt kissers. I look forward to the day when both of these worthless rags goes out of business.
Merry Christmas!
Fri, 12/25/2009 - 11:28 ET by jessieHMerry Christmas! One would think, after 9/11, that the new york times wouldn't care to much for muslims, but according to them, they have a love afair with one.