Don’t You Hate….

…when the facts don’t support a good argument?

As you sit there listening to “Morning Edition” this morning, eating your breakfast and reading that paper copy of the Washington Post delivered to your doorstep each morning, take comfort in knowing that the “liberal” NPR actually invites on more conservatives than liberals.

So far to date, in fact, conservative think tankers are out pacing left-wing institutions at a rate of more than 3 to 2. The tally thus far in 2005? Right 239, Left 141.

Here’s a breakdown by think tank:

American Enterprise – 59
Brookings Institute – 102
Cato Institute – 29
Center for Strategic and Intl. Studies – 39
Heritage Foundation – 20
Hoover Institute – 69
Lexington Institute – 9
Manhattan Institute – 53

Something tells us, though, that the facts are unrelated to the argument that NPR is too liberal….

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