Thursday, August 11, 2011

Isn't it time to move on from the myth of "liberal media"?

Good point about the corporate piece. People on the Left bash FOX for its slanted news programming and people on the Right bash FOX for some of its possibly Left leaning entertainment programming. Meanwhile R M just rakes in the profits. I read a study once about bias in the media, by and large it confirms what you are saying. They people who write the stories are more liberal than average, the editors are pretty centrist to slight right of center, and the publishers are more conservative than average. The study's conclusion was that the different elements within the organization tend to balance each other off. That study is kind of old and looked newspapers. It may be different now with the Internet and so many cable channels. I don't think there is a problem with bias in the media as long as people are aware of the bias and have an opportunity to take in different sources. I like reading from all sides.

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