“One of the fantasies that has been created during the Reagan administration is the myth of the liberal media bias,” complained Frank Zappa in October 1988. “Even if you have liberal reporters covering the events—they could be wildly left wing covering the event—the guy who pays the salaries has the right—and usually uses it—to tell the man who does the editing for the television news how it’s going to be done.” Zappa added, “If you raise this bogeyman of liberal media bias, it gives you the license under the idea of American fairness to give the people on the other side a little bit more time
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