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Originally Posted by razark
That's probably why the results seem a bit off from what I expected.
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Absolutely. I'd not argue that the overall roster on fox news is not farther right than that, it probably is. Of course then you need to similarly analyze the non-news schedules of all the other outlets.
So when ranking ABC, you then need to not just look at the NEWS, but then also the comedies, etc. How many "conservative" sitcoms are there, exactly? Such a broad analysis will clearly throw the other outlets even farther to the left given the other ~20 hours of programming they air every day.
We know people of both parties. Pretty high level, actually, I find myself at functions with governors, senators, etc a couple times a year (the last, sadly was Friday at the memorial for my neighbor who was killed in a ballooning accident over the Adriatic—was odd to hear Gary Johnson say sh*t so many times giving a eulogy). This one couple we're friends with are hard core democratic players. They are docs, and highly partisan. They send invites to $1000 a plate dinners at their house for dem candidates. They send them to people they work with. You think the employees at one of their very large practices are not intimidated by being asked to donate? We typically manage to avoid politics much of the time, and I can avoid some pushiness because I will flat-out state I'm an independent to them. There is enough libertarian (lower case
) crossover on some issues, they likely don't know exactly where I stand compared to them. I do that intentionally, because they'd retaliate with fewer referrals to my wife, likely. They're that partisan.
There are many places in the US where merely being more conservative is "intimidating"—at least as much as this pretty benign paycheck note. (try being conservative in NYC, Santa Fe, or San Francisco... it's just easier to not be political than to be honest and try to "network" there)