The *LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS* . . .EXPOSED!!!! *dundundun*

[OSheaman]

http://daily.nysun.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:ArticleToMail&Type=text/html&Path=NYS/2004/06/24&ID=Ar01101

I'm not sure if this has already been posted, but if not, it's without a doubt the silliest "report" I've ever seen.

Here are some "facts" cited in the report:

Whatever the press thinks about itself, there is simply no denying that a high percentage of Americans perceive a liberal bias. The credibility of every single major press outlet has fallen sharply among conservatives and Republicans, while falling much less among liberals and Democrats.

This has affected viewing habits. Conservatives have drifted away from those outlets they perceive as most biased, which has contributed heavily to an overall decline in viewership. The percentage of Americans who watch the evening network news regularly has fallen to just 34% today from 60% in 1993.Among Republicans, 15% or less report watching the evening news on ABC, CBS, or NBC.

*snip*

An interesting study in this regard was recently done byTimothy Groseclose of UCLA and Jeffrey Milyo of the University of Chicago.They devised a method of measuring press bias based on the way members of Congress cite various think tanks. By looking at their rating on a liberal/conservative scale based on votes, they were able to determine which think tanks were viewed as conservative or liberal.They then looked at how often these think tanks were cited in the press.

(emphasis mine)

The conclusion of the Groseclose-Milyo study is unambiguous. “Our results show a very significant liberal bias,”they report.Interestingly,they found that the Internet’s Drudge Report and “Special Report” on Fox News were the two outlets closest to the true center of the political spectrum, despite being widely viewed as conservative.

Messrs. Groseclose and Milyo also look at the political orientation of journalists relative to the population.They note that just 7% of journalists voted for George H. W. Bush in 1992 versus 37% of the voting public. This means that journalists are more liberal than voters in the most liberal congressional district in America,the 9th district in California,which contains the city of Berkeley. Even there, Mr. Bush got 12% of the vote, almost twice his support among journalists

*snip*

Writing in the summer issue of The Public Interest, William Mayer, a professor at Northwestern University suggests that conservatives have adopted talk radio,which is overwhelmingly conservative, as an alternative news outlet. In other words, a key reason for the popularity of people like Rush Limbaugh is that they provide news and information not available elsewhere,not just conservative opinion.

This helps explain why liberal talk radio has been such a dismal failure. Listeners are not getting much they can’t already get in the dominant press.In Mr.Mayer’s words,“Liberals, in short, do not need talk radio. They already have Dan Rather, Peter Jennings, and Tom Brokaw — not to mention NPR.”

This all comes from a group that calls themselves "Liberal"

Without a doubt the most twisted and ridiculous bit of research I have ever seen.

[durutti]

1. Yeah, it's pretty silly.

Check this out: http://www.dkosopedia.com/index.php/Media_bias_study

[OSheaman]

3. The real problem

is the method. OMG some media outlets cited the same sources that Democratic congressmen did. Put on the tinfoil hats, boys--there's a liberal conspiracy afoot!!

[sandnsea]

2. Drudge & Fox... center????

If that's true, I'm so out of this nut factory. This is the dumbest pile I've ever read. You have to go overseas to get liberal media and I would guess Air America finally figured that out.

[Ganja Ninja]

4. Great! The media telling us about their librul bias.

Trying to divert attention away from the obvious fact that they're all GOP bootlickers.

[KurtNYC]

5. NY Sun is conservative and admits it

This seems like an attempt at damage control to me. F911 and Outfoxed have merely put the focus on what many have said since the media refused to talk about the 2000 debacle.

Propaganda is least effective when it is seen for what it is, propaganda. This is them trying to get the mask back on or the genie back in the bottle.

Plus the author is out of a RW think tank. What cry-baby garbage! Why are you reading The Sun?