POV

Most reasonable Americans understand there's an obvious slant to any presentation, but the mainstream media has been caught one time too often with their fingers in the credibility cookie jar. 

The paradox is that people with an obvious bias: Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and even Bill O'Reilly come off as much more credible, because they are fairly up front about who they are.

You either like their message or you don't, but you can't really complain that they fooled you. 

 

The same can't be said for far too many who are pretending to be "middle of the road", neutral or unbiased.  Readership is falling at many traditional newspapers, and viewership is down for the major news networks. 

Being honest and up front pays off, but there is a caveat here.  Not all those with an expressed bias have done well, Rosie O'Donnell and most of the performers over at Air America know exactly what I mean.

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