Quantifiable study of media bias
 

Found this to be very interesting.

http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=6664

(Please note that is the news pages of the Wall Street journal, not the editorial pages - that distinction is made in the article.)

And yet Republicans keep getting elected...

But considering the "home Base" of these media outlets seems squarly in the blue part of the map, I have to wonder how their bias compares to the norm of the community they are based in - do they reflect their community, or are they more liberal, or more conservative?

Well, considering the immense distrust of the media, I don't find that odd at all.

But does that make media bias irrelevent?

Answering my own question, I tend to think it is. I only wish all media outlets would drop the claim of being "objective" and have the wherewithall to say, "these are my biases." At least then you would have a clear idea on how to read them. But then again, I think people pretty much know what outelts are more liberal and which are more conservative and already filter the news accordingly.

But I gotta ask.... where do the onion and the daily show fit in..... I didn't see a mention of them.....

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