Matt Taibbi on Substack: "I’ve been in media for three decades and in no press conference or other collection of journalists I’ve ever been part of have I noticed a preponderance of conservative outlets. Yes, there are some very right-wing stations and some have big audiences, but to say the media is “sa…"

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I’ve been in media for three decades and in no press conference or other collection of journalists I’ve ever been part of have I noticed a preponderance of conservative outlets. Yes, there are some very right-wing stations and some have big audiences, but to say the media is “saturated” by the “radical right wing” is delusional. The Washington Post did a story a while ago putting the percentage of Republicans in journalism at 7%, which feels about right, and notes it used to be higher, which also feels correct.

I understand that people don’t like stations like Fox or OAN. I don’t understand claiming media is saturated with right-wingers. It’s just not accurate

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What do I mean by conservative outlet: the Daily Wire for example. I’m not certain if the daily wire would consider itself “conservative,” though its pundits profess “conservative values” constantly. Regardless, any political scientist worth their salt could tell you that the Da…

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