December 19, 2005
Media Bias Quantified By UCLA Study
A UCLA study linking news media reporting to Americans for Democratic Action political scorecards found a "significant" bias to the left:
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"I suspected that many media outlets would tilt to the left because surveys have shown that reporters tend to vote more Democrat than Republican," said Tim Groseclose, a UCLA political scientist and the study's lead author. "But I was surprised at just how pronounced the distinctions are."Editorials were excluded from the study, to gauge the effects of bias on news gathering:
Of the 20 major media outlets studied, 18 scored left of center, with CBS' "Evening News," The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times ranking second, third and fourth most liberal behind the news pages of The Wall Street Journal.The Dread Pundit Bluto would like to modestly propose a solution; an Affirmative Action program to help media outlets balance their staffs in order to represent political orientation fairly. Unfortunately, given the state of media bias found in the study, that means most news organizations won't be able to hire any more liberal reporters for probably twenty years or so.
Via The Drudge Report.
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Bluto:
The Dread Pundit Bluto would like to modestly propose a solution; an Affirmative Action program to help media outlets balance their staffs in order to represent political orientation fairly. Unfortunately, given the state of media bias found in the study, that means most news organizations won't be able to hire any more liberal reporters for probably twenty years or so.
In a similar vein, I was recently fired from the Red Cross disaster relief because I listened to a weather report, so if disaster services (Red Cross, FEMA, etc.) launches a similar affirmative action program for people who use logic and facts I might actually be able to pay off my student loan some day.
Posted by: Demosophist at December 19, 2005 08:32 AM (NiHFm)
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This will be another study buried on page 14c of the NYT and all the other rags who pose as newspapers in the US.
Posted by: jesusland joe at December 19, 2005 09:06 AM (rUyw4)
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Someone better archive all these facts, because one day there will be a reckoning, and I hope there will be justice. Democrats and the media are actively aiding the enemy, and must be made accountable one day.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at December 19, 2005 10:12 AM (0yYS2)
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When the troops get back, Maxie, there needs to be a reckoning with the traitors who have aided and abetted our enemies.
Posted by: jesusland joe at December 19, 2005 11:15 AM (rUyw4)
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I'd love to see the troops go on a righteous rampage of hippy slaughter, and I'd damn sure be in on it.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at December 19, 2005 01:54 PM (0yYS2)
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Maxie
When my boys came home the only rampage they were interested in was getting drunk and laid. The hippy slaughter may have to wait awhile.
Posted by: hondo at December 19, 2005 04:16 PM (3aakz)
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Unfortunately, that is so. Still, all I want for Christmas is a pile of hippy skulls.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at December 20, 2005 11:36 AM (0yYS2)
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