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Author: Stephen |
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Date Posted: 13:56:32 03/16/07 Fri In reply to: Oropan 's message, "Not what you thought" on 08:34:46 03/16/07 Fri In order to understand what this poll really means, one will need the definition of "left" v. "right" and "liberal" v. "conservative". Any clues what those are? The one thing we can say about the press is that it tends to follow hte government line. You never hear anything even remotely objective like one gets in reading the European press view of US culture and politics. >Poll: Bias 'alive and well' in press >By Jennifer Harper >THE WASHINGTON TIMES >March 16, 2007 > > >The vast majority of American voters detect the >presence of political bias in the mainstream news >media, according to a Zogby poll released yesterday in >conjunction with the George Washington University >Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet. > Sentiment is strong: 83 percent of likely voters >think bias is "alive and well." Of that number, 64 >percent said the press leans left, while slightly more >than a quarter -- 28 percent -- said there was a >conservative bias. > Naturally, there's a partisan divide, and a >pronounced one. Among Republican respondents, 97 >percent said the press was liberal. Two-thirds of >political independents agreed with them, with less >than a quarter of the independents -- 23 percent -- >saying there was a conservative bias. > Democratic respondents revealed a spectrum of >perceptions. > "Democrats, while much more likely to perceive a >conservative bias than any other group, were not >nearly as sure the media was against them as were the >Republicans," the survey said. "While Republicans were >unified in their perception of left-wing media, just >two-thirds of Democrats were certain the media skewed >right -- and 17 percent said the bias favored the >left." > Such wavering sentiment may not align with the >thinking of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. In a speech >Tuesday, the New York Democrat insisted that the >"vast, right-wing conspiracy" -- the so-called >alliance between conservative point men and >journalists that once vexed her husband, former >President Bill Clinton -- was fully operational. > Meanwhile, the Zogby findings also revealed a >trend that may sober the enthusiasm of broadcasters, >magazines and newspapers that have rushed to establish >an Internet presence, complete with snappy blogs, >message boards and interactive features. > "American voters remain skeptical of major news >outlets diving in the blog pool -- 26 percent >speculated that the reason news organizations are >placing blogs on their Web sites is that 'blogs give >news organizations a chance to promote a political >agenda they could not promote in regular broadcasts, >cablecast or publications,' " the survey stated. > The poll of 1,757 likely voters nationwide was >conducted Feb. 20 to 26, and had a margin of error of >two percentage points. > Other research confirms public skepticism. > "The State of the News Media 2007," a 700-page >analysis released Monday by the Project for Excellence >in Journalism, found that 68 percent of respondents >preferred getting news from sources without "a >particular point of view." Still, less than half gave >positive reviews of credibility and trustworthiness in >the press itself. The presence of liberal bias was >cited by 28 percent, up from 19 percent in 1996. > "Perceptions of bias and the partisan divide of >media, appear to be on the rise," the study said, >though it also noted the rise of a new "answer >culture" over the long dominant "argument culture" in >the press, marking "an appeal more idiosyncratic and >less ideological." > > >href="http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070315-1144 >54-8075r.htm">http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070 >315-114454-8075r.htm [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| Re: Working definition | L. | 21:56:38 03/18/07 Sun |
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