Liberal Bias? Conservative TV Pundits Rule Power Grid

by Joe Coscarelli | 10:52 am, August 27th, 2009

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Conservative Power Grid If you’ve paid any attention to our coverage of nightly television ratings, you know that Fox News Channel is more than running the show, sometimes beating all of its competitors combined. But this cable news hegemony goes beyond ratings, as the top five ranked TV pundits on our Power Grid stand firmly on the right of the political spectrum, while the top four call Fox home. The fifth slot, meanwhile, is held by Pat Buchanan, another long-time fixture of the conservative movement currently at MSNBC.

Former political players-cum-pundits Newt Gingrich and Karl Rove occupy the top two spots, followed by arguably the most influential females in Republican talking head royalty, Michelle Malkin and Ann Coulter. The conservative domination of the Grid insinuates a well-rounded pundit base, not only commanding the most TV airtime but maintaining a ubiquitous presence online as Gringrich rules the Twitter pack, while Malkin and Coulter monopolize blog buzz on their personal websites.

At one time or another, each of these powerful pundits have complained about a “liberal bias” in the media (or the “elite media,” as it were), but when you combine Fox News’ continued reign and the quantifiable influence of these media figures, some might be lead to wonder, “What Liberal Media?”

As the ever-contentious health care debate rages on, though Democrats are ostensibly running the show, using these metrics it’d be tough to argue that conservatives aren’t steering the conversation.

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Cecelia

“At one time or another, each of these powerful pundits have complained about a “liberal bias” in the media (or the “elite media,” as it were), but when you combine Fox News’ continued reign and the quantifiable influence of these media figures, some might be lead to wonder, “What Liberal Media?”’

Wait…there must be some mistake. What about CNN’s own “Republican pundit” David Gergen?…

You mention that four of these powerhouse pundits were only picked up by a network that is wildly popular with masses, yet disparaged in the industry, and THEN add “what liberal media?”!

The media that wouldn’t-touch-these-guys-with-a-ten-foot-pole -liberal-media.

That’s what liberal media…
http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Jones/1384303476 Chris Jones

What liberal media? How about CNN, NBC, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, 95% of newspapers, Newsweek, Time, and anything else I left out. With the exception of a handful of websites, talk radio (except NPR), and Fox News, everything else across the board is liberal.
TfT

Chris is spot on. FNC and some talk radio are the only places conservatives can go to hear conservative perspectives. All other outlets (on air, in print) are nothing more than stenographers for the democrat party and it’s dear leader, Obama.

One would have thought after years of drubbing that CNN and MSNBC would at least try to be competitive, but alas, it is more important for them to continue down the path of democrat propaganda than to tell the truth and facts to the people. It’s their choice, and as is evident, Americans are choosing something a channel where both sides can be heard.
tjl

@Chris Jones: leather boy, still crying about the media. You need to exchange the word “liberal” for “educated” here. Fox News and talk radio are for simple folk. They don’t speak to the educated masses. It is the way it is, so please stop crying and whining. Nice pic, bro!