Where's the Disconnect?

I always wonder why the media is considered to be so left-wing-biased. Is it, really? Or is it just a case of, as Stephen Colbert says, "reality having a liberal bias"? The article at the following link claims that the New York Times is falling all over itself trying to praise Hugo Chavez, the communist soon-to-be-dictator in Venezuela. But in reading the article, you see that the opposite is actually true -- the writer says that economic growth in the banking industry has taken off in spite of Chavez's anti-capitalist policies.

So how is that praise for Chavez?

And also, the shutting down of rival news outlets by Chavez in May was met with steaming anger from most of America's "left-wing media" journalists. Aren't the journalists part of the media?

Which leads me to think that the "left-wing media" conspiracy is just another half-assed conspiracy theory without much merit at all. Obviously, I'm not the first person to realize this, and it's not like I really just now realized it, but remember. Anytime someone tries to blame a complex, non-contiguous entity for large-scale problems, "You are talking about the nonsensical ravings of a lunatic mind."

Anyway, here's the article.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/06/why_the_msm_love_fest_for_hugo.html