Outside of a few social issues, Americans are firmly in the progressive camp, but that hasn't prevented a lot of bloviating to the contrary. Full Story »
Posted by Gregory Kruse
on health care, trade, international diplomacy, corporate regulation, workers’ rights, retirement security, environmental protection and most other matters of substance, the country is pretty clearly in the progressive camp.
The take-away for thinking people is that while the corporate media performs an absolutely vital function in reporting the basic facts of our electoral contests — who the players are, where they’re appearing, what they’re saying and all the minutiae of fund-raising and other matters of process — most of their analysis is utterly ridiculous.
Holland's article and data provide an important push-back against the disinformation provided by the big corporate media, which is dominated by rich white right-leaning owners, commentators, and "newscasters." While the worker-bees better reflect the population, the talking heads and editors do not represent the demos.