Media Bias In The News
If I’ve learned anything recently, it’s that issues with our media go beyond bias. We mostly rely upon electronic media today in the form of TV, however, it is managed and cost-structured in such a manner as to prevent concise, yet comprehensive reporting on many issues which impact our world. The economies of, and a rash of new talent on the Internet can change that.
While the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is conservative, the newspaper’s news pages are liberal, even more liberal than The New York Times. The Drudge Report may have a right-wing reputation, but it leans left. Coverage by public television and radio is conservative compared to the rest of the mainstream media. Meanwhile, almost all major media outlets tilt to the left.
These are just a few of the surprising findings from a UCLA-led study, which is believed to be the first successful attempt at objectively quantifying bias in a range of media outlets and ranking them accordingly.
"I suspected that many media outlets would tilt to the left because surveys have shown that reporters tend to vote more Democrat than Republican," said Tim Groseclose, a UCLA political scientist and the study’s lead author. "But I was surprised at just how pronounced the distinctions are."
For additional ideas on effectively presenting reportage or punditry on the Internet, you might want to see this post.
Source article here
that article is biased!!!!!
That is the tip of the iceberg. Let’s see if they really delve into it by defining just what a “conservative” and “liberal” stand for. I doubt that we will see something that definitive, since most liberals or conservatives have no idea what they “stand for.”
But you can bank on the media telling them what they stand for….then they will…..stand for….whatever the media tells them.
that article is biased!!!!!
Posted by: COLUMBO | Dec 18, 2005 7:52:07 PM
Hey columbo, I answered your request about the “patriot” act. You disappeared.
How come you cannot defend those abominations? Could it be….you have never read it?
Posted by: TheAlamo | Dec 18, 2005 8:11:01 PM
ps….you will see this very same post on another page…don’t know it got there because I did not switch pages…but apologies for the double post.
I would guess the reason is that writing is considered an art not a business. Democrat=artist, Republican=business. The problem with artists is that they don’t generate much of a tax base nor provide many jobs for others. I love artists and we need artists but they shouldn’t bite the hand that feeds them- big corporate sponsorships,grants,sales thru big retailers,etc…
splashtc – Are you for real? Surely you do not believe all this mess you post. Well maybe you do, but I doubt anyone else does.
It all about which buttons to poke to generate the largest audience.
Echelon spies on Americans:
http://cryptome.org/echelon-60min.htm
(Clinton was the president)
Alamo:
The press conveniently omitted the fact (yes, fact) that this activity was going on prior to Bush-which means prior to 9/11. Obviously, the activities in question have affected the lives of very few, if any, American citizens. In light of these facts, your distress seems a bit exaggerated.
http://cryptome.org/echelon-60min.htm
Good article. Well written and easily read.
your distress seems a bit exaggerated.
http://cryptome.org/echelon-60min.htm
Posted by: COLUMBO | Dec 19, 2005 1:00:14 PM
“seems exaggerated?” God help us.
So let me get this straight.
You find nothing wrong with them arresting you without charging you, holding you without the benefit of an attorney, or contacting anyone, for an inderminate amount of time.
You support the monitoring of your fellow citizens without due process, without any reason at all except some bureaucrat wants to do so?
You support racial profiling, as long as it is not your race, right?
You support mandatory ID linked to databases that totally eliminate your personal privacy right?
You support being fingerprinted for virtually anything you do, like getting a fishing license, right?
You support them tapping your phone without cause. You support them monitoring your bank transactions without cause, or process.
You support that?
Then Nikita Kruschev was right. The communists did not have to conquer us, we electied it into office…..just like he said we would in 1962.
Columbo, you are not an American, you are a damned communist, and you sadly don’t even know why, nor what the difference is. You are a slave.
Justifying what has occurred under Bush by comparing it to Clinton is exactly what they want you to do. Why? Because this lifts the actual burden from either one of the two and keeps you arguing over “who did it” instead ot WHY BOTH of them did anything anti-American, and they, and the congressmen behind these abominations should be impeached and imprisoned.
The distinctions that made America different was the freedom we had, and the respect for others’ rights. That has all but been eliminated with these past two presidencies. We are torturing prisoners…(with no positive results, I might add.) We are destroying OUR OWN freedoms with unlimited nazi police state powers….but as long as it does not affect you, you think it’s grand.
I hate to say this, but I hope you get the benefit of an experience with your new government.
Put your boots on and practice your goose step, for you are one of them.
Just how many pallets of canned goods and bottled water do you have squirreled away in your basement alamo?
Just how many pallets of canned goods and bottled water do you have squirreled away in your basement alamo?
Posted by: COLUMBO | Dec 19, 2005 1:49:53 PM
Sorry, that reply won’t work with me. Sadly you are a victim and you will not realize it until it is too late for you to do anything about it.
Rather than me preparing for dooms day, I would much rather see Americans read Thomas Jefferson’s writings, or Fredric Bastiat.
In fact, you can find Bastiat’s short treatise on the internet under the title “The Law.” I think even you have the staying power to read the few short pages in that treatise.
But, you can’t do that….no one of a “higher power” than you has told you to do it. And, of course, they won’t because it is detrimental to their control over you.
It is sad what little respect you have for yourself and others. But you can be comforted by knowing you are part of a very large group of likeminded clones.
“When they do not even know they are slaves….we own them.”
Here you go Columbo:
The spying program, under which the National Security Agency was given the authority to intercept the communications without court approval, was first disclosed by the New York Times last Friday. A 1978 law, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, makes it illegal to spy on U.S. citizens in the United States without court approval.
You also support government breaking the law whenever some asshole deems it fit.
“A government that obeys not its own laws, is that which should be destroyed as quickly as possible.” Thomas Jefferson
Alamo:
That is deceptive. It may have been, as the Times claimed, recently disclosed to them, but you cannot tell me that the Times does not know what airs on 60 Minutes. Here we have a case of journalistic gymnastics and selective outrage for the purposes of a blatant partisan political attack. If the NY Times shared you’re outrage, then they most certainly would have called Bill Clinton on the carpet for conducting the very same activities in 2000, before we were at war.
http://cryptome.org/echelon-60min.htm
If you want to talk about Orwellian erosions of privacy and the impact on society, I am sure there are threads out there.
If you want to talk about Orwellian erosions of privacy and the impact on society, I am sure there are threads out there.
Posted by: COLUMBO | Dec 19, 2005 5:29:56 PM
Damn, Columbo, I realy DO feel for you. You just don’t get it. This has nothing to do with “democrat,” “republican,”…it is an AMERICAN ISSUE.
Do you care what party it is that breaks the law?
Does it only count as illegal if “democrats,” or “republicans” are those who have no regard for this country, and break laws? Have we fallen that far, where if your guy is in, he can run roughshod over the others? This is an absolute sickness, and unfortunately, for you, you will not realize it until they take the rest of what little self respect you have.
I am not bashing you here, because I am sorry that you just can’t get it. I mean this seriously…for your own benefit, and those who you affect, go do some study of America. Learn of the wonderful liberties we were granted, and the PROSPERITY, and growth that it brings. Then, study Nazi Germany in particular, because that is where we are headed, if people do not wake up.
This is NOT democrats vs. republicans any longer. It is statists versus freedom. This fake war is just the excuse needed to get people to surrender the rest of their rights, and they can get them to do so without firing a shot if they instill enough fear….and they have done so. How, people get the hijacking of 4 airliners (which 2 were conveniently not shot down by our air force after the twin towers were hit) is enough to surrender 200 years worth of America is flat mind boggling.
I knew they were working on this in the schools (I used to be a teacher), and I knew that much of movie drama and TV were leading the minds this way, but I just cannot believe you are buying it. I guess I was wrong about most Americans. They are slaves, actually ready to sell out to a FALSE ILLUSION of security.
I quote Ben Franklin:
“Those willing to sacrifice liberty for security, deserve neither.”
And you know what…that is what you will get…neither.
Talking of Orwell, you are helping usher in exactly those things of which he wrote. The man had incredible insight. I thought I had more faith in Americans, but people who choose to remain blind, are not trustworthy of even the smallest details of life.
Sadly, the guy who wrote about the best slaves being those who do not know they are slaves—–was right.
Unfortunately, the collective of people like you have the power to destroy the freedom of the rest of us.
So let me get this straight.
You find nothing wrong with them arresting you without charging you, holding you without the benefit of an attorney, or contacting anyone, for an inderminate amount of time.
[ONLY IF YOUR NAME HAPPENS TO BE OSAMA BIN LADEN]
You support the monitoring of your fellow citizens without due process, without any reason at all except some bureaucrat wants to do so?
[WHY NOT-COMPANIES HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS]
You support racial profiling, as long as it is not your race, right?
[IF NINETEEN ARABS COMMIT A 911, THEN I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM IF OLD LADIES' BAGS ARE NOT SEARCHED IN AN AIRPORT]
You support mandatory ID linked to databases that totally eliminate your personal privacy right?
[LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY? MEDICARE?]
You support being fingerprinted for virtually anything you do, like getting a fishing license, right?
[AH-THE DAY WHEN YOU CAN BUY GROCERIES OR START YOUR CAR WITH A SWIPE OF MY FINGERPRINT]
You support them tapping your phone without cause.
[MY NEIGHBOR DOES THIS WITH A POLICE SCANNER....HE SAVES ALOT OF MONEY IN PHONE SEX CHARGES THAT WAY]
‘The Constitution is not a suicide pact?’” Abraham Lincoln.
You should change your handle from Columbo to Castro…it suits you better.
You are a sad, sad, excuse for an American.
You know, you have the right to remain stupid. You have the right to make light of the suffering of others, who may be innocent, if that is your character.
You can make fun of the most serious attack on America sinces its inception if that is your character. You can laugh as your fellow citizens grovel under the weight of a debt that cannot be paid in their lifetime, ownership of virtually everything in defacto state control….and…you can continue to live under the illusion that you are free. But, the Russian people and Chinese people think they are free as well.
But brainwashing doesn’t work.
There is no snow in the North Pole either.
I just hope you are young enough to bear the full consequences of the humor you currently find in this situation.
May you get the full scope of this government—up close and personal.
Practice your goose step and stiff arm salute….you are going to need it if there are many more like you out there.