traditional you were suspect in the eyes of management. that included dan rather. when i worked at abc news, things weren't as bad because peter jennings did not like blatant partisanship even though he himself was a liberal thinker. in order to prosper in their careers, many journalists believe they have to toe the liberal party line. the second thing they want to tow the liberal party line because a lot are educated in liberal universities and liberal environments. not a lot of leavitt town or abilene guys in the national press. no spin. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight, joining us from reaction writes for "roll call" a political paper and charlottesville, virginia dr. larry sabato who teaches politics at the university there. where am i going wrong, dr. sabato? >> well, bill, there is no question that there is a will the of bias in the media. there is no question that by a very wide margin the key editors and reporters and producers vote for democratic candidates.