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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, MARCH 26, 1982
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The intensification of the El Salvador civil war and, therefore,
of the "American" repression there, has proved to be, for the
Soviet Union, the best way to neutralize the bad effects on world
opinion of the crackdown in Poland. Afghanistan is completely
forgotten; the u.s.s.R. has only 100,000 soldiers there, a modest
figure compared with the much talked about 50 American advisers
in El Salvador. So, once more, the U.S. has been cornered in such
� position that it� only either be labeled as fascism's accom
plice 2.!.. yield to Communist expansionism. It seems to be� hope
less game.
(One gets the feeling that the El Salvador story is about to be replayed in
Guatemala. In a coup March 23, younger, more moderate military men took
over the government, unseating a mi1itary regime further to the right.
This is roughly what occurred in El Salvador in 1979. The new leaders hope
that with reforms Guatemala can once again receive U.S. weapons to fight
leftist guerrillas. But it will be just as difficult to create a "middle
ground" in Guatemala as in El Salvador.)
Overwhelmingly Liberal on Social Issues
The "media elite" in the United States reflect not only a definite anti
American bias in foreign affairs (which President Reagan criticized in the
March 20, 1982 TV GUIDE) but an overwhelmingly liberal, secular approach
2.!2 social issues. Syndicated columnist Phyllis Schlafly notes this in her
February 12, 1982 column (in the SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE and elsewhere):
A study of the presidential voting record of the media elite
proves [their liberal bias]. The media elite voted 94 percent
for Lyndon Johnson to 6 percent for Barry Goldwater in 1964; 87
percent for Hubert Humphrey to 13 percent for Richard Nixon in
1968; 81 percent for George McGovern to 19 percent for Richard
Nixon in 1972; and 81 percent for Jimmy Carter to 19 percent for
Gerald Ford in 1976. (The 1980 election was not included in the
survey.)
These figures are from an extraordinary in-depth study of the
national media elite made by s. Robert Lichter and Stanley
Rothman and recently published in the magazine PUBLIC OPINION.
Their findings were based on hour-long interviews with 240 jour
nalists and broadcasters at the most influential media outlets,
such as the NEW YORK TIMES-;- the WASHINGTON POST, the WALL STREET
JOURNAL, TIME, NEWSWEEK, CBS, NBC, ABC, and PBS.
The Lichter-Rothman survey took a searching look at the social
and personal backgrounds of the media elite. What comes through
loud and clear is that they are a socially privileged class from
upper-middle-income homes.
Not only are they well-educated,
well-paid and well-to-do, their parents were also well-educated
and well-to-do•••.
The most striking and predominant characteristic of the media
elite is what Lichter and Rothman called their "secular outlook."
Another way of expressing that observation would be to call it an
anti-religious outlook. It's no wonder they oppose prayer in the
schools; most of the media don't even believe in prayer in church
or synagogue.