Media Pushing Conservative Stories?

[erpowers]

Is it just me or is the media now pushing more conservative stories since the Democrats won control of Congress? This morning "Good Morning America" did a story they mainly called girls gone mild. In the story it was being said that teen girls are now moving away from the more revealing clothing and toward more conservative/less revealing clothing. Even during the story there was a female voice that said, "even when fashion changes conservative clothes will never go out of style". I do not have a problem with girls were less revealing clothing. However, if girls are actually moving toward less revealing cloths and the maker of some of this clothing is making or having sales about $8 million a year why did the media not report about this before the Democrats won control of Congress. There seems to have been other stories like this in the media that seem to at least tacitly say America is still a conservative country. So, is it me or is the media trying to push stories that protray America as a conservative country.

[sutz12]

1. When did they stop pushing 'conservative stories?' nt

[Totally Committed]

2. Of course they are!

Conservative/Corporatist entities in both Parties control all or part of the media. It is in their interest that the media is pushing their perspective.

TC

[DeSwiss]

3. I think its a given....

...that the newspapers are publishing stories with a conservative bent because they believe that's what their ever-dwindling readership wants to see.

I posted an article from Media Matters some time back about the dominance of conservative religious articles in the media that is relevant to this same issue:

Among the study's key findings:

• Combining newspapers and television, conservative religious leaders were quoted, mentioned, or interviewed in news stories 2.8 times as often as were progressive religious leaders.

• On television news -- the three major television networks, the three major cable news channels, and PBS -- conservative religious leaders were quoted, mentioned, or interviewed almost 3.8 times as often as progressive leaders.

• In major newspapers, conservative religious leaders were quoted, mentioned, or interviewed 2.7 times as often as progressive leaders.

Despite the fact most religious Americans are moderate or progressive, in the news media it is overwhelmingly conservative leaders who are presented as the voice of religion. This represents a particularly meaningful distortion since progressive religious leaders tend to focus on different issues and offer an entirely different perspective than their conservative counterparts.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=214x129839

[Perry Logan]

4. The poor dears are just trying to keep their fantasies alive.

No, Virginia. America is not turning into a bunch of creepy white guys.