Comments on: What’s the Matter with Conservative Journalism? http://www.blogpi.net/whats-the-matter-with-conservative-journalism Putting the blogosphere under a magnifying glass Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:21:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Electric Kool-Aid Probably Won’t Hurt You So Long As You Leave Out The Acid « phaidimoi logoi http://www.blogpi.net/whats-the-matter-with-conservative-journalism/comment-page-1#comment-149220 Electric Kool-Aid Probably Won’t Hurt You So Long As You Leave Out The Acid « phaidimoi logoi Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:38:58 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/whats-the-matter-with-conservative-journalism#comment-149220 <p>[...] on conservatism, writing, and reporting over the weekend, but for now I’ll point you toward William Beutler’s take on it from way back in May, or at least this paragraph, which is the point I particularly want to [...]</p> [...] on conservatism, writing, and reporting over the weekend, but for now I’ll point you toward William Beutler’s take on it from way back in May, or at least this paragraph, which is the point I particularly want to [...]

]]> By: Dispatches from the Culture11 Wars at Blog P.I. http://www.blogpi.net/whats-the-matter-with-conservative-journalism/comment-page-1#comment-149192 Dispatches from the Culture11 Wars at Blog P.I. Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:03:20 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/whats-the-matter-with-conservative-journalism#comment-149192 <p>[...] It’s always seemed to me that a center-right pop culture website would have to be incidentally so, just as Slate doesn’t usually make a point of being center-left. Which brings me back to my old lament about the state of conservative journalism. [...]</p> [...] It’s always seemed to me that a center-right pop culture website would have to be incidentally so, just as Slate doesn’t usually make a point of being center-left. Which brings me back to my old lament about the state of conservative journalism. [...]

]]> By: Toward a Journalism of the Right at Blog P.I. http://www.blogpi.net/whats-the-matter-with-conservative-journalism/comment-page-1#comment-145273 Toward a Journalism of the Right at Blog P.I. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:06:27 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/whats-the-matter-with-conservative-journalism#comment-145273 <p>[...] March, I published a long, essayish post titled “What’s the Matter with Conservative Journalism?” Among numerous lamentations about the right’s inability to produce a : The liberal tilt of [...]</p> [...] March, I published a long, essayish post titled “What’s the Matter with Conservative Journalism?” Among numerous lamentations about the right’s inability to produce a : The liberal tilt of [...]

]]> By: Consumer Unit 5012 http://www.blogpi.net/whats-the-matter-with-conservative-journalism/comment-page-1#comment-133472 Consumer Unit 5012 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:18:49 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/whats-the-matter-with-conservative-journalism#comment-133472 <p>One problem with the Conservative Media is their seeming unwillingness to actually criticize The Party. If we'd had a little more dilligence back in 1999, George W. Bush would still be clearing brush in Crawford, and we'd be complaining about what the job President McCain was doing.</p> One problem with the Conservative Media is their seeming unwillingness to actually criticize The Party. If we’d had a little more dilligence back in 1999, George W. Bush would still be clearing brush in Crawford, and we’d be complaining about what the job President McCain was doing.

]]> By: Melanie Phung http://www.blogpi.net/whats-the-matter-with-conservative-journalism/comment-page-1#comment-133459 Melanie Phung Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:13:22 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/whats-the-matter-with-conservative-journalism#comment-133459 <p>There's a good essay in David Foster Wallace's book "Consider the Lobster" called "Host." The essay explores some similar issues re. mainstream vs. conservative media but focuses mostly on talk radio. He makes the argument that (what conservatives call) Mainstream Media's Liberal Bias is more pervasive, but that conservative media are much more persuasive (maybe <em>because</em> they operate in a bubble?)</p> There’s a good essay in David Foster Wallace’s book “Consider the Lobster” called “Host.” The essay explores some similar issues re. mainstream vs. conservative media but focuses mostly on talk radio. He makes the argument that (what conservatives call) Mainstream Media’s Liberal Bias is more pervasive, but that conservative media are much more persuasive (maybe because they operate in a bubble?)

]]> By: Eric Dondero http://www.blogpi.net/whats-the-matter-with-conservative-journalism/comment-page-1#comment-132924 Eric Dondero Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:24:46 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/whats-the-matter-with-conservative-journalism#comment-132924 <p>Conservatives have always gotten the shaft from the Liberal Media Establishment. But it's libertarians who suffer the most. And today, young people are increasingly libertarian, and less conservative. That means they're still on the Right, just not from the social conservative side.</p> <p>If we Right-wingers (libertarians and conservatives), ever hope to win this battle against the Ultra-Liberal Estbalishment media, we must recognize that it helps more to promote libertarians in the ranks who have a hipper more tech savvy approach, over often stale and out of touch Social Conservatives.</p> Conservatives have always gotten the shaft from the Liberal Media Establishment. But it’s libertarians who suffer the most. And today, young people are increasingly libertarian, and less conservative. That means they’re still on the Right, just not from the social conservative side.

If we Right-wingers (libertarians and conservatives), ever hope to win this battle against the Ultra-Liberal Estbalishment media, we must recognize that it helps more to promote libertarians in the ranks who have a hipper more tech savvy approach, over often stale and out of touch Social Conservatives.

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