One of the goals of this blog is to attempt to be evidence-based. It's very easy to make statements, it's harder to make statements that are supported by research. As with all goals, I'm sure that I will fail, but it's important to try to ground what I say in verifiable work.
With that said, this bit of research confirms what readers might have already known:
[A] content analysis of leading conservative magazines shows that most have preponderantly failed to take pro-liberty positions on sex, gambling, and drugs. Besides many anti-liberty commissions, the magazines may be criticized for anti-liberty omission—that is, failing to oppose anti-liberty policies. Magazines investigated include National Review, The Weekly Standard, The American Enterprise, and The American Spectator.An interesting side note is that this research comes from George Mason University, which is not exactly a liberal institution.
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