Well, as long as this thread is wandering about...
Press bias: Of the more "big time" media folks, direct questioning reveals that some 80%, mas o menos, vote Democrat. To me, the effect of this lies in an inherent bias when writing. It shows most in the various newspaper editorials and articles where guns are involved, just as the in tenor of news reports on TV on such events as Columbine.
Personal opinion, "sorta" verified by decades of observation: Those people who are inherently conservative by nature
generally tend toward majoring in the sciences when in college. Those people who are inherently liberal by nature
generally tend to major in the Liberal Arts curricula such as philosophy, psychology, languages and journalism.
I submit that most people see themselves as "objective" in their views. Regardless, they cannot write about a subject beyond "who/what/when/where" without getting their own viewpoints into the "why".
To me, the best measuring device for conservative vs. liberal in the media is the comparative treatments on the firearms issues. How many Vin Suprinowicz types are there, compared to the Tom Teepen types?
, Art