Michael Cannon of Cato sent me the picture at right, snapped in Seattle. The bumper sticker reads, “The media are only as liberal as the conservative businesses that own them.”

This is the second time I’ve come across this argument — an attempt by liberals to dismiss the claim of liberal media bias without having to wade into the content. Keith Olbermann last week asserted, “The media which is, after all, owned by corporations naturally leans to the right. Corporations, by definition, lean to the right, towards the status quo.”

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