Can you answer those questions, or are links to vaguely-related web pages the best you can do?

Meathead – I wouldn’t accuse your blog writings of being bias. You’re expected to be biased. That’s what your audience comes to read — your partial perspective.

Bias is only negative when an non-biased perspective is expected or claimed. Good debate.

One would almost think you want the “blatant bias” argument that you made to be forgotten.

“For decades Walter Cronkite claimed that he was ‘objective.’”
Cite examples in which Cronkite claimed he was objective. And now that you are arguing about “dishonesty”, explain how Cronkite is relevant to your argument. Was he dishonest?

“Likewise, Dan Rather spent decades denying his political leanings, but — whether you like Rather or not — a little bit of research reveals that Dan Rather probably never voted for a Republican in his life.”
Show us the research. You did do some research before making that claim, didn’t you? You can explain how “never voted for a Republican in his life” somehow supports your insinuation that Rather was “dishonest”, can’t you?

What does a “media figure who affect[s] people’s opinions” have to do to earn the “objective” seal of approval, in your eyes? Never vote? Vote only for Republicans? Kindly explain your somewhat muddled thesis.

Stop the ACLU has a point of view — obviously. We explain that. We argue our position everyday. There’s nothing wrong with anyone — professional media or otherwise — staking out a position…

…unless you tell the world on the evening newscast that you’re politically middle of the road — “objective.”

Example: For decades Walter Cronkite claimed that he was “objective.” While anchor of the CBS Evening News, he become known as “the most trusted man in America.”

Cronkite retired and became an outspoken left-wing political activist. Whether I agree or disagree with him is irrelevant. The fact is — Walter Cronkite is very left of center — and decades of anchoring (despite denials) clearly reflected that.

Likewise, Dan Rather spent decades denying his political leanings, but — whether you like Rather or not — a little bit of research reveals that Dan Rather probably never voted for a Republican in his life.

Whether I agree with one’s political leaning is not the issue. I enjoy debating in the free market of ideas. What I despise, however, is media figures who affecting people’s opinions by laying claim to that valuable, powerful space in the middle: “objective.”

You can read more of my thoughts on liberal bias…

This blog is among the most blatantly biased on the net. For a contributor to this blog to accuse others of being blatantly biased as though it were a bad thing is the height of hypocrisy.

Which are the words W.C. Fields supposedly suggested for his own tombstone. Well, oddly enough, from the Philadelphia Inquirer comes another story about Dan Rather's imminent departure from CBS.
Rather, 74, whose contract runs u…