Rather, like some medieval scientist giving too much weight to weak evidence and too little to strong evidence in order to keep the focus on the wrong celestial body, Harris is determined to make the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy the center of the story. Meanwhile, Harris thinks that the press is soft on Bush now because there's no Vast Left Wing Conspiracy out there to undermine Bush. In short, the blame for Bill Clinton's problems lies not in himself or with the media but in the stars of the conservative heaven. Harris sounds like he's afraid that some inquisitor will sew a half-starved ferret into his stomach if he points out that the press is liberal. So let me make the simple case.
Journalists are liberal.
Everyone knows this except for a few people on the extreme Left and journalists themselves. Eighty-nine percent of journalists voted for Bill Clinton in 1992. The network of conservative think tanks and publications that Harris identifies exists precisely because the media have blocked conservative viewpoints. But I confess that such arguments make me physically ill from the tedium. And they offer explanations of media coverage that make Occam's Razor look like a crazy straw.