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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our media has a broad pro-Republican bias.

They called Youngkin a moderate.

Why did the media do that?
Well, first, the media that covered Youngkin is part of massive corporations – AT&T owns CNN, Comcast owns MSNBC – and the execs are generally Republicans because tax cuts help corporations even as they hurt workers.

And second, US media has decided they have to be neutral.  (This isn't true for media in other countries.)
And the obvious way to exploit neutral media is to lie. Then they cover one sides' lies as equal to the other sides' truthfulness.

So Republicans like Youngkin lie.
And our media covers it as if it's true.

NYT Politics and NYT Opinion is effectively conservative in practice (yes Republican posters, I know your minds are blown, but just use your brains a little bit - everything said here is true, you must admit.).
The most popular parts of NYT are therefore conservative-biased, because they try to cover both sides equally, and one side – Glenn Youngkin's side – is a bunch of liars.

A truly liberal media would be saying the truth, at minimum: that Youngkin is an extremist.

But we have a conservative media.  In practice if not in self-regard.

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Or maybe these actions actually are moderate for mainstream America and you are the one that’s extreme….I know your mind is blown, but just use your brain a little bit.

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