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The overwhelming percentage of complaints of a liberal bias as compared to conservative bias in the mainstream press is to be ignored of course, just the result of a deliberate attempt of the right wing conspiracy to dupe their followers(they have been quite successful apparently).

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Think about the words you wrote that I've emboldened. The complaints about "liberal media bias" are circulated and given credence by, of course, the media (such as the claims of liberal bias by representatives from Fox, ABC and MSNBC cited in these threads). You claim that the prevalence of "liberal bias" over "conservative bias" is prima facie evidence of the former without taking into account the obvious self-interest that would exist of the media were in fact unfairly biased toward either end of the spectrum. Obviously, in either case there would be an incentive to claim the opposite of the truth.

The evident failure of "liberal bias" followers to realize this elementary fact is further proof that they are, by nature, a credulous lot.

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Liberal bias in the media is not what it used to be. However for decades the media did in fact ignore the complaints of conservatives. They were able to do so because there were so few outlets for news. Most people, politically unaware, either were in blissful ignorance or would not care. The complaints of those in the conservative community were ignored.

The advent of conservative talk radio began to change things. Now there was an outlet for conservative thought. Millions listened and the medium grew and profits soared. As time went by this could no longer be ignored, Rupert Murdoch was smart and catered to conservative thought, and the mainstream press eventually had to take notice. Although it is impossible to completely purge institutions of the predilections of those that are involved in their day to day operations(such is human nature), the bias is less pronounced today.