Listen to the 12 November issue of Media Matters (mp3 download). Experts from FAIR debunk the mainstream media's mantra that the Democrats won this election by moving to the right. People cared not only about the war, but about health care, globalization, and other issues. They were, "a clear repudiation of GOP policy."

The show is also interesting because of comments made on the elitist nature of the news on supposedly "liberal" NPR news shows, Morning Edition and All Things Considered.

As an example of how the "liberal" media works, the FAIR people noted a story in Newsweek in which impeachment was shown to be favored by 51% of the population, but this was only mentioned at the end of the article, after impeachment was takled about as not being popular. In case anyone doubts that this is how the media can work, listen to this interview on Radio Times. Bennett Roth, the Washington correspondent for the Houston Chronicle, talking about impeachment, says Pelosi will get her way over Conyers and no impeachment will happen because Democrats saw how popular Clinton got when the Republicans began impeachment. They don't want the public to go sour on them, "...if it looks like Democrats are picking on him [Bush] for no real reason." (I am serious. That is a direct quote: "no real reason.") It is remarks like that which shape reality. They are not commenting on how the voting population feels, they are creating the feeling among the voting population such that each voter has the impression he or she is alone in their desire for impeachment (or whatever other progressive issue is being talked about), that their position is somehow radical. Despite the progressive profile of many of the candidates, any indication that they might act on those convicions are played down because of the assumption that the Dems will want to come off as "clear-headed" and "moderate" going into the 2008 elections. Here, I was surprised that even the hostess, Marty Moss-Coane, went along with it.