The mainstream view on Iraq

The latest Fox news poll shows that a solid majority of Americans, 58%, favor withdrawing Americans within a year (31% gradually over a year + 27% by the end of this year).  Additionally, a good 2/3rds of Americans think we are not capable of preventing a Civil War from breaking out. Clearly, withdrawing the troops from Iraq is a very, very mainstream political view.  When will media finally admit as much and stop referring to “the anti-war left” and such?  For that matter, what are the chances Fox news will pay attention to their own poll. 

CNN’s “liberal bias”

One of the most annoying things I encounter from students, especially the Fox news fans, is the mistaken belief that CNN is a “liberal” network and that the conservative Fox news, is simply an appropriate balance to the liberal CNN.  The only actual evidence that CNN has a liberal bias is that conservative pundits, especially those at Fox news, make that claim on a regular basis.  That's using the term “evidence” pretty loosely.  A great example of how CNN reporters are just creatures of Washington spin (which the Republicans are much better at than the Democrats) can be found in this post.  Speaking to a political analyst, CNN Anchor Chuck Roberts, asked:

“How does this factor into the Lieberman/Lamont contest? And might some
argue, as some have, that Lamont is the al Qaeda candidate?” (emphasis mine)

The shameless Dick Cheney could have hardly done this better himself.  Cheney, has, of course, been running around referring to Lamont's victory as a win for Al Qaeda.  If there's been a more shameful Vice-President in our nation's history, this history major certainly does not know about it.