Political Polarization

Todays political polarization in America can be attributed to the "new media" that has blossomed out of a need for alternative view points and ideology that has always been present but without a means of mass conveying to the public. The so called mainstream media had had a monopoly on opinion and one sided reporting and was able to sway public attitudes. Case in point. Lets say there is a corruption scandal involving a Republican, the news media has a field day ostracizing the politician relentlessly, and wont stop printing front page articles about him/her, till he either steps down or is indicted.

On the flip side lets say a democrat has been caught up in a scandal. The paper will make a mention buried deeply on page eight and most of the time wont even mention what political affiliation he's in. This is just one example of biased reporting. Scooter Libby is in jail because of a memory lapse about a non crime issue, while Sandy Berger is out free and about to be reinstated his security clearance (in 08' how timely for Hillary) after receiving a veritable slap on the wrist and small fine for his involvement in covering Clinton's rear by "sloppily stuffing archive papers in his pants" at least that is how his actions were explained away by the "main stream media". I understand why conservatives are held to a higher standard, and it's because we as conservatives hold ourselves to a higher standard and moral convictions. Once the new media has expanded through Fox and talk radio, people who were of like mind finally realized that conservatives are not the minority but the majority.