Left Leaning Media

from faux

Left-Leaning Media?
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
By Brit Hume

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine:

The majority of mainstream media tilts to the left... that according to a revised study by UCLA, set for publication next week. Among the findings: The Wall Street Journal, despite its conservative opinion pages, is the most liberal outlet, followed by CBS' Evening News, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times.

In fact, of the 20 major media outlets studied, 18 of them scored left-of-center. Programs ranked among the most centrist news shows include The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and ABC's Good Morning America.

The study examines U.S. media coverage over the last 10 years, comparing individual news outlets with individual lawmakers. Lawmakers were scored on the basis of votes and speeches, while media organizations were scored on their references to think tanks and policy groups.

It would be just like him to cite some bogus social science research.

Give me a nice grant, and I'll "find out" something like this, too.

Given their proven propensity for buying favorable opinion and news coverage it wouldn't surprise me a bit to learn-eventually- that one or the other of the authors of this study was working under a grant from one or the other of the frightwing "think tanks" which so effectively funnel funds around to support this sort of work. Just sayin I haven't had either the time or inclination to do much tracking on this "study". I do find it somewhat revealing that under any other circumstances you'll find the frightwingers rearing up on their hind legs and speaking much ill of pointy -headed perfessers and academics and about the liberal bias in academe, but a study favorable to them appears and suddenly a couple faculty members at a public university in the same city that houses hollyweird are veritable fonts of truth and wisdom.I believe there's a word for that, I believe it starts with H.

It's been referenced before, but it doesn't appear to be out yet.

What'll you bet the scaling and weighting is, shall we say- equivocal at best. FAIR has published a few studies like this- though my recollection is that they only cover the broadcast media.

Obviously, they arrived at somewhat different conclusions...;-)

I mean it's SO LIBERAL it's just complete out of control! The mainstream media in this country are dominated by liberals!

I was informed of this fact by Rush Limbaugh. And Thomas Sowell. And Ann Coulter. And Rich Lowry. And Bill O'Reilly. And William Safire. And Robert
Novak. And William F. Buckley, Jr. And George Will. And John Gibson. And Michelle Malkin. And David Brooks. And Tony Snow. And Tony Blankely. And Fred Barnes. And Britt Hume. And Larry Kudlow. And Sean Hannity. And David Horowitz. And William Kristol. And Hugh Hewitt. And Oliver North. And Joe Scarborough. And Pat Buchanan. And John McLaughlin. And Cal Thomas. And Joe Klein. And James Kilpatrick. And Tucker Carlson. And Deroy Murdock. And
Michael Savage. And Charles Krauthammer. And Stephen Moore. And Alan Keyes. And Gary Bauer. And Mort Kondracke. And Andrew Sullivan. And Nicholas von Hoffman. And Neil Cavuto. And Matt Drudge. And Mike Rosen. And Dave Kopel. And John Caldara...

The mainstream media in this country are dominated by
liberals.

I was informed of this fact by Rush Limbaugh. And
Thomas Sowell. And Ann Coulter. And Rich Lowry. And
Bill O'Reilly. And William Safire. And Robert Novak.
And William F. Buckley, Jr. And George Will.

And John Gibson. And Michelle Malkin. And David
Brooks. And Tony Snow. And Tony Blankely. And Fred
Barnes. And Britt Hume. And Larry Kudlow. And Sean
Hannity. And David Horowitz. And William Kristol. And
Hugh Hewitt.

And Oliver North. And Joe Scarborough. And Pat
Buchanan. And John McLaughlin. And Cal Thomas. And Joe
Klein. And James Kilpatrick. And Tucker Carlson. And
Deroy Murdock. And Michael Savage. And Charles
Krauthammer. And Stephen Moore. And Alan Keyes.

And Gary Bauer. And Mort Kondracke. And Andrew
Sullivan. And Nicholas von Hoffman. And Neil Cavuto.
And Matt Drudge. And Mike Rosen. And Dave Kopel. And
John Caldara.


pnorman
On edit: Looks like I got aced by a few minutes. DANG!!

Honestly, that study was big on "everybody knows that..." and anecdote and very thin on actual numbers and examples.

The study head thought the NAACP was a far left organization, ferkrissakes.

I guess if you want to cite a left bias, all you have to do is move the center smack into the middle of the extreme right fringe.

Hey, Spit! Ever hear of FAIR???

It labeled Drudgereport.com as "left of center".
:wtf:
And the Wall Street Journal liberal? Please.

they just don't write the stories that they know will not help their career.
And the editor doesn't select the stories that he knows will not help his career.

More so in the corporate owned mass media then elsewhere, because corporate interests tend to be large and weigh heavy. And large corporations tend to be owned by republicans.