Much has been made by conservatives about the bias of the national media that has been made manifest leading up to, during, and since the war in Iraq. Rarely, however, do liberal journalists offer glaring evidence of their bias and other idiosyncrasies without it being a part of their reporting: usually they attempt to deny the bias of their reporting when being interviewed, but display it fully when they're at work.
Well, last week on CNBC's "Topic A with Tina Brown," Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international correspondent, revealed to the nation a great deal about herself.
TINA BROWN: There was a lot of complaining during the war that the administration really intimidated the media into feeling really unpatriotic if they raised the voice of dissent. Do you think that we, in fact, in the media as much as in the administration drank the Kool-Aid when it came to the war, Christiane?
CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: I think yes. I think the press was muzzled and I think the press self-muzzled. I'm sorry to say but certainly television and, perhaps, to a certain extent, my station was intimidated by the administration and its foot soldiers at Fox News. And it did, in fact, put a climate of fear and self-censorship, in my view, in terms of-of the kind of broadcast work we did.
The above question and answer contain several interesting topics for discussion about the nature of the liberal media which they do not even realize exists within themselves. Here are two:
This is very unbecoming of such a respected journalist - very revealing and affirming, but unbecoming.
