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The vast left-wing conspiracy

by Aaron Wherry on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11:39am - 79 Comments

Conservative MP Larry Miller tells us what’s really going on here with all these stories about giant novelty cheques.

“This is about the national media trying to help the Liberals deflect the attention off their problems right now,” said Miller. “Anybody that has seen Mr. Ignatieff and his crew in the House of Commons in the previous two or three weeks, it has looked as bad as when (Stephane) Dion was there and the media knows it, the Liberals know it and they are just trying to make an issue out of something.”

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http://theplaceofbiff.blogspot.com biff

Except,

every single serious study on party affiliation, and political leanings, show that journos and other members of the media are overwhelmingly left leaning/progressive.

Its not something like a 60/40 split either. It's on the order of 25:1 liberal to conservative. Which means, entire newsroom cultures, premises, starting points, general views, are premised on the left leaning view of things.

Get a large group of journalists together and try to find one among them who'd tend towards the conservative.

It's not even close, and every single conservative out there paying attention sees it. Every conservative blog will have regular, blatant concrete example laden references to it. Over, and over and over again.

kcm

"every single serious study on party affiliation, and political leanings, show that journos and other members of the media are overwhelmingly left leaning/progressive."

What studies? what are the categories? Who wrote them? Mark Steyne, daffy duck, Who?
William

You are absolutely correct b——the one example of a right-leaning media that little k and other lefties come up with was the decision to show Dion stumbling in the last election. Their refusal to accept what you state as an overwhelming obvious fact is further evidence that they are losing a grasp on reality.

kcm

Should the military be private too? If not. Why not?let's privatize warfare…lots of profit going wanting there.
How's it going with the privatization of jails? I hear they can't keep up with demand.
http://intensedebate.com/people/jolyon jolyon

"let's privatize warfare…lots of profit going"

I have to disagree with you on this, kcm. I think The State has legitimate role to play in Armed Services, infrastructure and law/order. You are too right wing.
dan in van

Again, proof of a statement failure. Prove that they've replied with numbers, stats etc. Or is that part of Harper's "don't trust stats" meme, too? Because if in this case, as Harper has suggested in the case of falling crime rates, that I should trust my gut over actual figures and numbers, I'd say it shows him to be a liar, hypocrite and someone not very good at hiding his own corruption…
http://intensedebate.com/people/ChrisInKW ChrisInKW

Please forgive my sardonicism towards the health insurance industry.

Of course profit isn't evil. It's one of the best motivators and without it, none of us would enjoy the comfort of life we do at present. However, I'm sure many would frown upon profiting from weapons sales to unsavoury types or war profiteering. The same can be said about profiting from illness. If a corporation is blind to everything except increasing the bottom line, how long is it before the quality of service suffers?

As an example, the quality of care a sick person receives requires a certain level of expenditure. While innovation and other advances generally allow for a reduction in costs, with the ever-shifting demographic and lack of repeat business created by optimal preventative care, how soon is it before the continuous quest for cost reductions compromises the service delivered?

Regulation certainly is required to prevent degradation of service, but if the societal productivity gains achieved through universal care warrant it, would a publicly-administered service with parallel regulation to the private not allow for more profit generation in the long-term?
http://intensedebate.com/people/s_c_f s_c_f

There's been numerous statements by the Cons today. One of them is the fact that the provincial Libs chose the projects in Ontario, so all the stupid noise about Ontario ridings and Toronto ridings has been a complete fabrication.