Clarence Thomas — full remarks on progressivism, its foundations, history, and impact from his appearance at University of Texas at Austin: “Stalin,...
Rusher’s Wise, Vital Voice at National Review
“Bill Rusher is every bit as vital to National Review as I am,” William F. Buckley informed the audience at the magazine’s 20th anniversary dinner...
Conservatism v. Progressivism
Who We Are: What is Conservatism? Conservatives in America seek to conserve the political inheritance of our Founders. That...
Editorial Judgment and Unavoidable Value Choices
"It is not … a question of slanting the news. Almost every story worth reporting requires the reporter to adopt some ‘theory’ of its thrust that...
Ideological Homogeneity Among Media Elites
"There might be something to be said for protecting the political clout exercised by today’s media elite if those wielding it constituted even an...
Invisible Power Brokers in Broadcast News
"It is unfortunate that most people’s experience of television news is confined to this small but highly visible group of on-camera performers,...
Evidence and Motives for Media Bias Against Conservatives
"To be sure, it can be argued that the media’s notorious dislike of Nixon is in some measure personal as well as ideological. Nixon, after all, has...
Power and Accountability of the Media Elite
"… the issue is an important one, involving the distribution, use, and abuse of power in the American society, and it is not going to go away … In...
Recurrent Use of Discredited Attacks in Media Coverage
"One of the most vicious tactics used by the media on public figures they dislike (and these are, of course, mostly conservatives) is to dust off...
Framing Through Terminology in Media
"The use of slanted terminology is one of the media’s oldest tricks. One recent and particularly glaring example is the dogged use of Teddy...
Limitations and Ideals of Journalistic Objectivity
"It is not … a matter of achieving, or perhaps even pursuing, some ideal of absolute objectivity. All that can be asked or expected is a reasonable...
Evolution and Amplification of Media Techniques
"[In the 1960s], journalistic practices underwent sharp modification in the direction of more aggressive, conclusion-oriented reportage. And,...
