that's why I prefer other media, like the BBC or PBS' newshour. At least they make the pretense of trying to be honestly balanced.
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > "As I flipped through cable channels over the last week, the government > shutdown was viewed through remarkably different prisms. What was a > needless and destructive shutdown on MSNBC became a low-impact and > therapeutic slim-down over at Fox News. > > But cable blowhardism would not be such a good business if there hadnt > been a kind of personal redistricting of news coverage by the citizenry. > Data from Pew Research Center for the People and the Press on trends in > news consumption released last year suggests people are assembling along > separate media streams where they find mostly what they want to hear, and > little else. > > Fully 78 percent of Sean Hannitys audience on Fox News identified as > conservative, with most of the rest of the audience identifying as moderate > and just 5 present as liberal. Over on MSNBC, conservatives make up just 7 > percent of Rachel Maddows audience." > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/12/business/media/when-our-news-is-gerrymandered-too.html > ? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:367710 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
