Quantifiable study of media bias

[scaeagles]

Found this to be very interesting.

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

"Overall, the major media outlets are quite moderate compared to members of Congress, but even so, there is a quantifiable and significant bias in that nearly all of them lean to the left," said co‑author Jeffrey Milyo, University of Missouri economist and public policy scholar.

Of the 20 major media outlets studied, 18 scored left of center, with CBS' "Evening News," The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times ranking second, third and fourth most liberal behind the news pages of The Wall Street Journal.

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

[€uroMeinke]

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?

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

And yet Republicans keep getting elected...

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

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

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.

[Name]

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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