Wednesday, March 19, 2008

More "balance" at the Sacramento Bee

It's time for another balance check on the Sacramento Bee's editorial page. Wednesday's Commentary page at the Sacramento Bee carried four opinion pieces.

Today's authors: Eugene Robinson; Peter Schrag; Trudy Rubin; and, Kathryn Jean Lopez.

Eugene Robinson writes from a liberal perspective (see here.) Peter Schrag is the Bee's long term left-leaning opinion writer. Trudy Rubin is a journalist who is probably best described as centrist. Only Kathryn Jean Lopez, the columnist from National Review Online, is a conservative.

So here's your balance on today's editorial page: 50% liberal, 25% centrist, and 25% conservative.

Public editor Armando Acuna claims the Bee's editorial pages aren't knee-jerk liberal. But in reality, the Bee almost never achieves the "balance" Acuna suggests.

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More "balance" at the Sacramento Bee from 3/12
More "balance" at the Sacramento Bee from 2/26
More “balance” at the Sacramento Bee from 2/25
More "balance" at the Sacramento Bee from 2/24
More "balance" at the Sacramento Bee from 2/22
"Balance" at the Sacramento Bee from 2/20
"Balance" at the Sacramento Bee from 2/2