" I'm not saying that it is "OK" for news outlets to be slanted one way or the other, I'm simply stating--that's the way it is."

Yes, the Washington politicos in the MSM are 90% or more Left-leaning. Note: that is not a condemnation, just a statemnent of fact. If you poll the independent truckers out here in rural America, you will find them to be 90% conservative and would not vote for the current manufactured immitation presidential product that the Democrats (and their media allies) are trying to sell us. Again, no condemnation real or implied. Just the way is.