The Media’s Glenn Beck Problem

Commentary
By Jamison Foser

It’s no coincidence that when members of the media talk about the media these days, they tend to talk about two things: the supposed importance of right-wing media like Fox News, and claims that the rest of the media lean to the left. The two concepts are fundamentally intertwined and mutually reinforcing — and deeply flawed.

It may seem odd that much of the news media would simultaneously pronounce itself guilty…