It's rather difficult to believe that the organization doing that "study" is in any way impartial when the page you link to has nuggets like this:
"The Media Research Center continuously reports on instances of the liberal bias in the mainstream media. Daily CyberAlerts offer a regular roundup of the latest instances of biased reporting, while our NewsBusters blog allows Web users to post their own reactions. Media Reality Check fax reports showcase important stories that the news media have distorted or ignored, and several times each year the MRC publishes Special Reports offering in-depth documentation of the media's bias on specific issues." Repeatedly throughout that page it isn't a discussion of bias in the media, it is digging for liberal bias in the media. One could reasonably conclude that any "study" they do will be heavily geared toward finding that liberal bias in the media. Judah On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is a study I found that seems to refute your studies, so who is right? > > http://www.mediaresearch.org/biasbasics/biasbasics1.asp > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I woudl say our conversation here is the complete opposite of what that >> study 'proves' >> >> You and Guss appear to be quite partisan on the Democratic side yet don;t >> seem to perceive media bias in any way (other than towards Fox News). On >> the other hand, I have no affiliation or affinity to either party and yet I >> believe there is media bias. >> >> Good thing we were not in that study, we coudl have fux0red it all up. >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> >>> >> Scott wrote: >>> >> I guess when I see what I believe to be uneuqal treatment it gets my >>> panties >>> >> all in a wad. >>> >> >>> > >>> >Ah - so that's an interesting point: "equal treatment". So this is an >>> >expectations bias on your part. >>> >>> Its a good example of what that third study I cited found, people who are >>> very partisan in their political outlook perceive the media as biased >>> regardless of the reality. They may just engineer their own. I guess there >>> is some truth to the statement perception is reality, at least how some >>> treat it. >>> >>> >>> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:277059 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
