April 30, 2005

Wish You Were Here

By Steve Feinstein
On Thursday evening, April 21 in Washington DC, at the posh JW Marriott two blocks from the White House, the Media Research Center (the excellent media watchdog organization run by Brent Bozell) held its annual awards dinner and gala called the 'Dishonors Awards,' poking fun at a long list of examples of liberal media bias and distorted reporting during the past year. In addition to being just so outrageously fun, several things about the event were noteworthy: The first thing my wife and I noticed was the wide range of ages attending the event. The usual liberal outsider's clichéd view of 'conservatives' is that we're all paunchy, graying or balding middle—aged men. Not this crowd. The over 900—strong turnout (oversold onto a waiting list from what I heard, and not exactly a cheap ticket, either) was an amazing mix of ages, from young—20's professionals to well past retirement age. Several groups of young women were also among the attendees, further belying the...(Read Full Article)