It's actually a bit ambiguous and they don't provide the numbers. This is the preceeding paragraph though:
"The fourth most centrist outlet was "Special Report With Brit Hume" on Fox News, which often is cited by liberals as an egregious example of a right-wing outlet. While this news program proved to be right of center, the study found ABC's "World News Tonight" and NBC's "Nightly News" to be left of center. All three outlets were approximately equidistant from the center, the report found." And also "Only Fox News' "Special Report With Brit Hume" and The Washington Times scored right of the average U.S. voter." So even though the Brit Hume show is "fourth most centrist" it's also right of center just like the others are left. So my comment still stands (though I admit my use of the word "extremes" may have been a stretch.) The person is basically saying that if you take the opposing views, you get the center which I disagree with. You just get the opposing views. On 12/19/05, Tim Heald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did you even read the article? > > It said that those three were among the most centrist shows on television. > Not opposite extremes. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 4:05 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Ha, the media is bias > > > > I found this interesting: > > > > <quote> > > "If viewers spent an equal amount of time watching Fox's > > 'Special Report' as ABC's 'World News' and NBC's 'Nightly > > News,' then they would receive a nearly perfectly balanced > > version of the news," said Milyo, an associate professor of > > economics and public affairs at the University of Missouri at > > Columbia. > > </quote> > > > > That's wrong. Getting the two extreme opinions isn't the same > > as getting the moderate opinion. It presumes that the viewer > > is able to synthesize the extremes into the moderate > > viewpoint, but moderate is actually a different perspective > > on the issues. It's not just wishy-washy conciliation to both side. > > > > > > > > On 12/19/05, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=6664 > > > > > > > > > > > > And apparently there is a scholarly article being published > > to prove it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:188815 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
