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How Conservatives Can Combat Lib Media: Talent and Optics

By Eric Dezenhall | November 19, 2008 - 18:13

What follows is an excerpt of my November 19 op-ed in the Washington Times. You can find the full article here.

The two stars of the recent election were Barack Obama and "mainstream media" bias. In this media climate, the terms "Republican" and "conservative" have been relegated to epithet status.

My Democratic-leaning friends argue, fairly, I think, that if the media are so biased, why have Republican presidents sat in the Oval Office for nearly 20 of the last 28 years? The answer is that while the media always play a huge role in presidential elections and their aftermaths, they don't play the only role.