Black and White and Re(a)d All Over:
The Conservative Advantage in Syndicated Op-Ed Columns
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Showing columnist: Thomas Sowell
Appear in 163 papers with a total circulation of 9,355,400 (includes both regular and occasional columns)
Regularly appears in: |
Newspaper | Circulation |
Arizona Republic |
426,279 |
Orange County Register |
308,769 |
Detroit News |
273,754 |
Baltimore Sun |
273,026 |
The Oklahoman |
237,715 |
Virginian-Pilot |
201,792 |
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
187,046 |
Contra Costa Times |
184,397 |
Nashville Tennessean |
178,693 |
Los Angeles Daily News |
171,659 |
Jacksonville Times-Union |
171,389 |
Las Vegas Review-Journal |
153,674 |
Toledo Blade |
139,501 |
Knoxville News Sentinel |
122,067 |
Harrisburg Patriot-News |
105,282 |
Stuart Treasure Coast News/Press-Tribune |
102,084 |
Baton Rouge Advocate |
98,200 |
Mobile Register |
96,263 |
Fort Myers News-Press |
92,987 |
Greensboro News & Record |
92,776 |
Jackson Clarion Ledger |
92,589 |
Springfield Republican/Sunday Republican |
91,806 |
Greenville News |
88,730 |
Flint Journal |
85,903 |
Chattanooga Times Free Press |
75,886 |
Lansing State Journal |
71,790 |
Deseret Morning News |
71,455 |
Fayetteville Observer |
67,346 |
Youngstown Vindicator |
64,309 |
Springfield News-Leader |
64,109 |
Macon Telegraph |
62,471 |
Stockton Record |
60,987 |
Shreveport Times |
60,452 |
Naples Daily News |
59,786 |
Waterbury Rebulican American |
54,366 |
Hyannis/Cape Cod Times |
51,654 |
Pueblo Chieftain |
50,806 |
Montgomery Advertiser |
49,293 |
Vancouver Columbian |
49,191 |
The Pantagraph |
46,589 |
Annapolis Capital |
43,266 |
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat |
40,961 |
Lancaster New Era |
35,740 |
Redding Record Searchlight |
35,205 |
Brockton Enterprise |
34,420 |
Lima News |
34,407 |
Alexandria-Pineville Town Talk |
34,173 |
Wheeling Intelligencer |
33,998 |
Chico Enterprise Record |
33,550 |
Great Falls Tribune |
33,297 |
Dothan Eagle |
32,826 |
Rock Hill Herald |
31,428 |
Victorville Daily Press |
30,917 |
Bremerton Sun |
30,809 |
Texarkana Gazette |
30,805 |
Rapid City Journal |
30,721 |
Longview News-Journal |
30,170 |
Johnson City Press |
29,878 |
Gastonia Gaston Gazette |
29,701 |
Traverse City Record-Eagle |
29,651 |
Charleston Daily Mail |
27,936 |
West Chester Daily Local News |
26,832 |
Norwich Bulletin |
26,733 |
Battle Creek Enquirer |
26,408 |
Parkersburg News/Parkersburg Sentinel |
26,271 |
Kenosha News |
25,556 |
Paducah Sun |
25,084 |
Kankakee Daily Journal |
24,804 |
Odessa American |
24,673 |
Villages Daily Sun |
24,375 |
High Point Enterprise |
24,220 |
Palmdale Antelope Valley Press |
23,122 |
St. George Spectrum |
22,607 |
Marysville Appeal-Democrat |
22,006 |
Minot Daily News |
20,703 |
Martinsburg Journal |
20,243 |
Jacksonville Daily News |
19,948 |
Jamestown Post-Journal |
19,231 |
Winchester Star |
18,715 |
Pine Bluff Commercial |
18,659 |
Findlay Courier |
18,522 |
Pascagoula Mississippi Press |
18,047 |
Fairfield Daily Republic |
17,415 |
St. Augustine Record |
17,139 |
Aberdeen American News |
16,466 |
Jefferson City Post-Tribune |
16,460 |
Asheboro Courier-Tribune |
14,968 |
Adrian Daily Telegram |
14,941 |
Danville Commercial-News |
14,865 |
Lufkin Daily News |
14,839 |
Norfolk Daily News |
14,632 |
Steubenville, OH/Wierton, WV Herald-Star |
14,440 |
Easton Star-Democrat |
14,434 |
Greenwood Index-Journal |
14,243 |
Shelby Star |
14,196 |
Lodi News-Sentinel |
14,171 |
Aberdeen Daily World |
14,096 |
Newton New Jersey Herald |
13,810 |
Brunswick News |
13,442 |
Daily Iberian |
11,806 |
Waukesha Freeman |
11,644 |
Times West Virginian |
11,015 |
Watertown Public Opinion |
10,994 |
The Leader-Herald |
10,455 |
Dunkirk/Fredonia Observer |
10,455 |
Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune |
10,404 |
Bedford Gazette |
10,092 |
Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald |
9,568 |
Elkins Inter-Mountain |
9,442 |
Marietta Times |
9,322 |
Alpena News |
9,168 |
Advocate-Messenger |
9,070 |
Tifton Gazette |
9,046 |
New Ulm Journal |
8,672 |
Sonora Union Democrat |
8,304 |
Carrollton Times-Georgian |
8,257 |
West Bend Daily News |
8,161 |
Harrison Daily Times |
8,136 |
Escanaba Daily Press |
7,918 |
Torrington Register Citizen |
7,727 |
Mohave Valley Daily News |
7,510 |
Daily Corinthian |
6,688 |
Elko Daily Free Press |
6,487 |
Fairmont Sentinel |
6,071 |
Americus Times-Recorder |
5,961 |
Sheridan Press |
5,627 |
Tahoe Daily Tribune |
5,516 |
Huntington Herald-Press |
5,454 |
Lanett Valley Times-News |
5,106 |
Laramie Daily Boomerang |
5,072 |
Sulphur Springs News-Telegram |
4,879 |
Abbeville Meridional |
4,610 |
Slidell Sentry News |
4,558 |
Picayune Item |
3,900 |
Crowley Post Signal |
3,836 |
Jefferson City Daily Capital News |
3,409 |
Fulton Sun |
3,340 |
Tarboro Daily Southerner |
2,649 |
Sidney Sun-Telegraph |
2,242 |
Estherville Daily News |
1,908 |
Cape Coral Daily Breeze |
1,727 |
Occasionally appears in: |
Newspaper | Circulation |
Dallas Morning News |
487,581 |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
450,293 |
Rocky Mountain News |
376,578 |
Louisville Courier-Journal |
217,929 |
Little Rock Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |
190,705 |
Riverside Press-Enterprise |
176,978 |
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
111,094 |
Spokane Spokesman-Review |
102,422 |
Albany Times Union |
101,895 |
Washington Times |
87,152 |
Connecticut Post |
74,646 |
Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
64,035 |
Corpus Christi Caller-Times |
53,197 |
Poughkeepsie Journal |
39,949 |
Missoula Missoulian |
30,972 |
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel |
29,212 |
Huntington Herald-Dispatch |
28,941 |
Harlingen Valley Morning Star |
20,697 |
Ashland Daily Independent |
18,738 |
Fort Dodge Messenger |
17,299 |
Henderson Gleaner |
10,274 |
Brunswick Times Record |
6,497 |
Supporting Documents
Media Appearances
09/25/07: Paul Waldman on The Nightside Project with Michael Castner
09/24/07: Paul Waldman on KUNR's local news (Nevada)
09/20/07: David Brock on U Need 2 Know
09/18/07: Paul Waldman on The Charles Goyette Show
09/17/07: Paul Waldman on CSPAN's Washington Journal: QT | WMV
09/14/07: Eric Boehlert on HeadOn Radio
09/14/07: Karl Frisch on The Surreal News
09/14/07: Paul Waldman on The Young Turks
09/14/07: Eric Boehlert on Wake Up Call with Mario Murillo
09/13/07: Paul Waldman on This is America with Jon Elliott
09/13/07: Paul Waldman on Fox Across America
09/12/07: Eric Boehlert on The Jeff Farias Show
09/12/07: Karl Frisch on The Mario Solis-Marich Show
News Coverage
Blog Coverage
- 09/24/07: Buckeye State Blog: Big Surprise: Ohio's Newspapers Proven to Be -- Get This -- Conservative
- 09/24/07: Las Vegas Gleaner: Wingnut bias found in Nevada's second most pointless reason for newsprint spending
- 09/24/07: Herald Sun (Australia): Conservative stranglehold detected
- 09/24/07: The Cincinnati Beacon: Black and White and Re(a)d All Over!
- 09/24/07: Bullfight: Opinion Pages
- 09/24/07: The Phoenix: Blinded by the Right?
- 09/24/07: Glass City Jungle: Media Matters Releases Report on Op-Ed Pages of Daily Newspapers...Toledo Blade 50/50
- 09/21/07: Rock Netroots Commentary: Gazette: Still Re(a)d All Over
- 09/21/07: Progressive Network of Southeast PA: Conservative Syndicated Columnists Dominate
- 09/21/07: Cursor.org: Media Patrol
- 09/21/07: The Huffington Post: 1994 Redux: The Consequences of Dems' New NAFTA
- 09/20/07: Left in Alabama: On Media Bias and Right-Wing Gooberheads, Or, Why You Feel Like You're just Muttering to Yourself
- 09/20/07: TampaBay.com's The Feed: Media Matters Says Florida Newspapers Dominated by Conservative Op-Ed Writers
- 09/20/07: The Daily Pulp: The Liberal Media Favors Right-Wing Politics
- 09/20/07: politicalcomment: Cal Thomas attacks Media Matters for America
- 09/18/07: Alone and Unobserved: The Conservative Edge
- 09/18/07: Noktoraiz: Liberal Media?
- 09/17/07: Bring it On!: "Liberal Media" Myth Debunked
- 09/16/07: Waxahachie Daily Blog: Report: Op-Ed Pages Dominated by Right
- 09/15/07: Ezra Klein: They Shall Fight Us On The Radio, They Shall Fight Us On TV, They Shall Fight Us In Every Newspaper
- 09/15/07: Dangerous Intersection: Conservative columnists dominate America's newspapers
- 09/15/07: Feminist Law Professors: Is "Maureen Dowd" Deemed a "Progressive" by Media Matters For America To Alienate Feminists?
- 09/15/07: Where's The Outrage?: Conservative Columnists Dominate
- 09/15/07: MyDD: Sunday Morning Diary Rescue
- 09/14/07: Sirotablog: COLUMN: The Lesson Of The DMV
- 09/14/07: Eye on Williamson: David Sirota's First Syndicated Column
- 09/14/07: MCDAC Blog: Conservative Columnists Greatly Outnumber Progressive or Liberal Columnists
- 09/14/07: GregsOpinion.com: MMA: "Black & White and Re(a)d All Over"
- 09/14/07: Jake Today: Friday--September 14, 2007: Some News
- 09/14/07: Cherry Creek News (CO): Op-Ed Pages Dominated by Right
- 09/14/07: The NonSequitur: Two Pundits
- 09/13/07: TaylorMarsh.com: Wingnut Talking Points Rule in Print
- 09/13/07: Buffletucky -- WNY: Your Liberal Media
- 09/13/07: North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party Blog: News from headquarters
- 09/13/07: Artueel Blog: From My "Rejected" Files: On Media Bias
- 09/13/07: Amerikanske Tilstande: De røde sidder på medierne
- 09/13/07: The Daily Howler: WHAT IS MAUREEN DOWD? Media Matters does a great study--except in the case of Queen Dowd
- 09/13/07: Free Frank Warner: Media Matters, what percent of news reporters are Republicans?
- 09/13/07: Comments From Left Field: Conservatives Get More Column Space Too
- 09/13/07: Granddaddy Long Legs: Mainstream Conservative Media Bias?
- 09/13/07: Denver Community Newspapers: Op-Ed Pages Dominated by Conservatives
- 09/13/07: Loaded Orygun: Media Matters Publishes Study in Conservative Print Bias
- 09/13/07: Constructive Interference: Conservative Columnists
- 09/13/07: Left Coast Oracle: Black And White And Re(a)d All Over
- 09/13/07: Corrente: David Ignatius Is An Idiot, And Not Very Useful At That
- 09/13/07: Right Wing News: Media Matters Bogus Claim: The Conservative Advantage In Syndicated Op-Ed Columns
- 09/13/07: The Bear In The Moon: Maybe Iran IS Arming Shiite Insurgents in Iraq
- 09/13/07: Fausta's Blog: Too many conservative columnists?
- 09/13/07: Hammerspace: Study: Conservative columnists dominate
- 09/13/07: The Van Der Galien Gazette: Conservatives Bias?
- 09/13/07: Canadian Cynic: You know you've arrived when you become a verb
- 09/13/07: The Right Angle: Media Matters' Silly Op-Ed Study
- 09/12/07: Three Way News: That Good Old Liberal Press
- 09/12/07: Latina Lista: Study Underscores Newspapers' Preference for Anglo Columnists Over Latinos
- 09/12/07: Pissed on Politics: Wonder Why We're Still in Iraq
- 09/12/07: Left in Lowell: US Papers Carry More Conservative Columnists
- 09/12/07: Compassion in Politics: Is there a Conservative Media Bias? Ask Media Matters
- 09/12/07: OpenLeft: Black and White and Re(a)d All Over
- 09/12/07: DailyKos: Black and White and Re(a)d All Over
- 09/12/07: Politickybitch: Black and White and Re(a)d All Over
- 09/12/07: Liberty Belles: What Liberal Media?
- 09/12/07: Ezra Klein: Conservative Columnists
- 09/12/07: Bark Bark Woof Woof: The Right To Publish
- 09/12/07: Editors Weblog: Are US Op-Eds Conservative?
- 09/12/07: Tennessee Guerilla Women: About That Famous Liberal Media Bias
- 09/12/07: Too Sense: Truth: The Media Is Anything But Liberal
- 09/12/07: AMERICAblog: Apparently, I'm "at the margin"
- 09/12/07: Writes Like She Talks: Conservatives blast through the op-ed pages
- 09/12/07: memeorandum: Black and White and Re(a)d All Over: The Conservative Advantage in Syndicated Op-Ed Columns
- 09/12/07: DailyKos: Midday Open Thread
- 09/12/07: The Carpetbagger Report: At Least There Are Blogs
- 09/12/07: North Dakota Democratic -- NPL Party Blog: Study finds 'liberal media' a myth with editorial
- 09/12/07: Political Animal: Wingers, Wingers, Everywhere
- 09/12/07: The Corner: The Commanding Heights of Op-Ed Pages
- 09/12/07: The American Prospect: And Even More On Conservative Columnists
- 09/12/07: Oliver Willis: Your Liberal Media
- 09/12/07: Say Uncle: Reasoned discourse on liberal bias in the media
- 09/12/07: KnoxNews.com: Misleading Media Matters
- 09/12/07: TampaBay.com: Media Matters Study Says More Nationally Syndicated Newspaper Op-Ed Columnists are Conservative
- 09/12/07: MyDD: Black and White and Re(a)d All Over
- 09/12/07: The Ruth Group: Conservative v Progressive
- 09/11/07: Inside The Editorial Page: What "Liberal Bias?"
- 09/11/07: SCSU Scholars: Outsourcing Conservative Commentary
- 09/11/07: The Dallas Morning News: And the Top 10 columnists are ...
- 09/11/07: Think Progress: The 'conservative advantage in syndicated op-ed columns.'
- 09/11/07: Atrios: Black and White and Re(a)d All Over
- 09/11/07: Behind the Star: Conservatives On The Op-Ed Pages
- 09/11/07: Shadow-Media: The Conservative Tilt Of The "Liberal Media"
- 09/11/07: Enclave: Bogus Claims of Liberal Media Bias in Column Syndication
- 09/11/07: The Smirking Chimp: NEW REPORT: Major Conservative Slant In Syndicated Columns
- 09/11/07: The Huffington Post: NEW REPORT: Major Conservative Slant In Syndicated Columns
- 09/11/07: SquareState.net: NEW REPORT: Major Conservative Slant In Syndicated Columns
- 09/11/07: KnoxViews: Interesting article over at Media Matters
- 09/11/07: Matthew Yglesias @ The Atlantic: The Syndicate
- 09/11/07: Functional Ambivalent: Liberal. You Know, Like Cal Thomas and George Will
- 09/11/07: Big Daddy Malcontent: Well, Duh
- 09/11/07: Words At Work: Not So Liberal
- 09/11/07: Wonkette: Thank You For Those Items That You Sent Me