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Originally posted by Biggles@18 July 2004 - 09:58
If people were disgusted with the Washington Post (I am not sure which side of the fence it falls) would they not simply buy another paper.
In Scotland one of the two Broadsheets (The Scotsman) was taken over and the new owners placed Andrew Neil in overall charge. Mr Neil is a right winger and took the paper from a centre Liberal stance to an anti Europe anti Scottish Parliament stance. He has over the subsequent years reduced the readership by over 35% - quite an achievement really. I switched to The Herald (as did many others) as I could not be doing with the daily moan about all things Liberal.
There was little in the way of a right wing media outlet in Scotland and it is interesting that they have perservered with the editorial stance despite the decline in income. Perhaps commercial bodies are altruistic after all. :)
If there is a perception that much of the media is Liberal is this not because that is generally what the population want? If they did not then they would all watch Fox and listen to the Lindbergh chap.
Is Ann Coulter real? She sounds like a Saturday Night Live creation.
Indeed she is real. Another brainwashed automaton.