MEDIA — STUDY INDICATES ‘CONSERVATIVE COLUMNISTS GET MORE SPACE’ IN NEWSPAPERS: A new study by Media Matters found that “in paper after paper, state after state, and region after region, conservative syndicated columnists get more space than their progressive counterparts.” Sixty percent of daily newspapers print more conservative than progressive syndicated columnists every week; only 20 percent of the nation’s daily newspapers maintain a balance between the two. In a given week, conservative columnists reach a circulation of 152 million, versus progressives’ 125 million. “In three out of four broad regions of the country — the West, the South, and the Midwest — conservative syndicated columnists reach more readers than progressive syndicated columnists.” This study serves as a conclusive counter to the claims of conservatives voices like Bill O’Reilly, who asserted that “there’s no question the media in America is heavily liberal — every study shows that,” and Michelle Malkin, who wrote off the “liberal media” when some newscasters refused to wear Iraq ribbons on their lapels.

“Six years after the 9/11 terror attacks on the U.S., it seems the media still have some educational work to do. A new CBS/New York Times poll reveals that even today, 1 in 3 Americans believe that ‘Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.’”