Daryn Kagan who is the CNN anchor from 10a- noon dates Rush Limbaugh!
"liberal media bias" is talk radio propaganda. They do it to make their listeners feel like the radio programs are the only place they can get "accurate" information, thus making the radio shows CRITICAL LISTENING.
most major media outlets in the United States are owned by monster corporations, all most all of which are publically traded companies. Fox, CNN, NBC News, CBS News, Time Magazine, the New York Times, all have a bias in common.
That bias is they have to be profitable.
the Newsweek story is a terrible mistake.
They went with the story based on a single source, which from my (limited) understanding of journalism, is a risky proposition. My understanding is that where I work, they do not run with stories unless they can get a second source or confirmation.
What this whole Newsweek situation also demonstrates about "bias", is that there is a massively competitive media marketplace in this country. Being the first to break a story can mean a lot of publicity and a lot of opportunity for your ad sales team to make some money (get back to the bias thing...).
So there is pressure everywhere to be first. But being first and wrong can do more harm than good.
Look at what CBS News ran into last year with the Bush National Guard story. THey rushed that story through and got totally burned. They have lost tons of money because of that. The worst thing you can do as a news source is damage the trust that the public has in your brand. If people do not trust that your brand is giving them accurate information, then you have a long term survival problem. So you have to always balance "breaking" a story like this carefully, and Newsweek is getting burned bad.
