Study Confirms What We Already Know – Corporate Media Has a Conservative Bias
The subject of media bias, and particularly liberal bias, has been a central theme of political maneuvering for decades. Conservatives often claim that media gatekeepers freeze out conservative ideas and have an ingrained slant toward liberal perspectives .. [This] infographic released today by The 4th Estate indicates that this conservative strategy is succeeding. “Our data clearly shows that if the mainstream media does have a liberal bias, that bias isn’t manifesting itself in the current campaign,” says Max Krieg, a 4th Estate Strategic Media Analyst. “In fact, the data shows that Republicans are quoted 44% more than Democrats, and the coverage of Mitt Romney is significantly less negative than coverage of Barack Obama.”
one statistic: The New York Times is 14% more negative towards Obama (57.1% vs. 42.9%) – mab .. read more
This entry was posted on Friday, August 10th, 2012 at 7:33 AM and filed under 1st Amendment (speech), Media, Politics. Follow comments here with the RSS 2.0 feed. Skip to the end and leave a response. Trackbacks are closed.
