On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 10:18:22 -0500, The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Despite a perception that National Public Radio is politically liberal, > the majority of its sources are actually Republicans and conservatives, > according to a survey released today by Fairness and Accuracy in > Reporting, a left-leaning media watchdog. > > "Republicans not only had a substantial partisan edge," according to a > report accompanying the survey, "individual Republicans were NPR's most > popular sources overall, taking the top seven spots in frequency of > appearance." In addition, representatives of right-of-center think tanks > outnumbered their leftist counterparts by more than four to one, FAIR > reported. > > Citing comments dating to the Nixon administration in the 1970s, the > report said, "That NPR harbors a liberal bias is an article of faith > among many conservatives." However, it added, "Despite the commonness of > such claims, little evidence has ever been presented for a left bias at > NPR." > > The study counted 2,334 sources used in 804 stories aired last June for > four programs: "All Things Considered," "Morning Edition," "Weekend > Edition Saturday" and "Weekend Edition Sunday." For the analysis of think > tanks, FAIR used the months of May through August 2003. > > Overall, Republicans outnumbered Democrats by 61 percent to 38 percent, a > figure only slightly higher now, when the GOP controls the White House > and both houses of Congress, than during a previous survey in 1993, > during the Clinton administration.
NPR disputed the accusation and FAIR responds. "We compared the tilt toward Republicans in 2003 (61 percent to 38 percent) with that found in 1993 (57 percent to 42 percent) to indicate that the tilt is not based on which party is in power--with control of the White House and both houses of Congress reversed, the imbalance remains. " http://www.fair.org/press-releases/npr-study-response.html
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