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A study by the Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University looked at the network news (ABC, NBC, and CBS) and their coverage of the two candidates, beginning after Hillary's concession and continuing to last Monday.
Is there a liberal bias to the media? Not according to this study. Their findings were that the network news said negative things about Obama 72% of the time. In contrast, negative comments were made about McCain only 57% of the time.
It would appear there's a bias against liberals. Not a liberal bias.
Is there a liberal bias to the media? Not according to this study. Their findings were that the network news said negative things about Obama 72% of the time. In contrast, negative comments were made about McCain only 57% of the time.
It would appear there's a bias against liberals. Not a liberal bias.
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It's damned near impossible to write (or talk, in the case of network news) about anything without showing some bias, just by the choice of words. I'd agree with you that the Cult of Personality that seems to be rampant on network news makes that problem even worse, but there's no such thing as 'unbiased reportage' and there never has been. That's an impossibility.
At issue is whether that bias leans one way or the other, or if it's relatively balanced. That's all.
"Anecdotes prove nothing." Indeed they don't, but the study cited didn't rely on anecdotal evidence. Are there 'liberal' outlets? Yep. There are. Again, the question isn't whether Medium X is liberal-biased or conservative-biased, it's whether the Media as a whole is unbalanced one way or the other. And the study contends that for the broadcast network news, it appears more friendly to the Conservative side.