Political loyalty quizzes

If straight news reporters let their political leanings work their way into their stories, they're not doing their job.

Don't care if that sounds naive or simplistic; that is the truth.

Personal ideology has no place outside the editorial pages.

 

Lyman,
There's a liberal bias in the Declaration of Independence. There's a liberal bias in the constitution. There's a liberal bias in the Bill of Rights. There was a liberal bias among the founders.


So what's your point?

 

Oh, Shotty, you're sooooo 1968.

Today it's all about working your political leanings into the work, especially if you're a writer on non-political beats like architecture, films or dining.

 

Fixed.

 

Preaching to the choir, my friend.

 

Did anyone post the WSJ electoral compass? Pretty interesting, I was closest to Obama and furthest from Freddy Thompson, so I feel I'm on the right track...

http://online.wSportsJournalists.com/article_email/SB119939661834265699-lMyQjAxMDE4OTA5NzMwOTc2Wj.html

 

I got the same thing, but I assume that I'd be the closest to Kucinich if he were included in this.

 

Obama is almost exactly in the center of the circle for me. I'm also furthest from Herr Russians Don't Take a Dump Without a Plan.

 

I found that quite interesting.

I was 58% more progressive than Fred Thompson.

It said I was closest to Richardson, but the numbers would indicate I'm closest to HRC.

 

I was closest to Obama, furthest from Thompson.

Which, frankly, made my day.

 

I was closest to HRC and farthest from Candidate ADD Thompson.

A bit distressing on the former, perfectly understandable on the latter, although it said I had more of a substantial agreement with Obama than Clinton, 81-78. But I'm further to the left economically and a further to the right socially (probably because of the immigration questions) than Obama.