Conservatives as journalists? Why not? ALL Edition

• Published in: The Christian Science monitor (1983)
• Main Author: Rosalie Dunbar, Louis Frey, Paul Boyce, Tom Vande Berg, and Eileen Detlefsen
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, Mass The Christian Science Publishing Society (d/b/a "The Christian Science Monitor"), trusteeship under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 03.04.2000
• ISSN: 0882-7729; 2166-3262

Regarding Greg Crosby's March 30 opinion piece "Something's just not right": I find myself growing increasingly puzzled by his comment, which echoes the voices of others, namely that "... liberal entertainers, journalists, and executives seem to predominate in the entertainment and news professions." This could well be true, but as this mantra is repeated over and over, the author seems to be saying that journalism and its related professions are closed to people who are "right wing" or conservative - as though there is a sign posted over journalism departments, "Abandon all hope of conservatism, ye who enter here." Greg Crosby contends that not only the press or media but academic faculties are all liberals corrupting our youth. I submit that the people he criticizes are, on the whole, better educated, a little brighter, and closer to facts and events than the average person. When he complains that the media and academia all agree that the world is round, perhaps he might reflect that they may be right, and the Flat Earth Society wrong.