PRESTOPUNDIT

Since the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism cranks out many of the media's leaders, and awards the Pulitzer Prizes, CJR has gained a reputation for showing the way the elite media looks at itself. Surveys show most reporters lean left; naturally, elite media criticism leans that way too. But it's not clear that the MSM needs an influential leftward tug. With the nation evenly divided between left and right, and the MSM firmly on the left side of that divide, CJR's praise for all things [leftist] discourages the media from accurately reflecting its audience. It keeps the media from asking tough questions about why folks are so enamored with blogs and other alternative news sources -- while millions turn away from daily papers and the nightly news.