Posted on 12/27/2007 11:31:31 AM PST by TheGeezer
Press Release:
Election Study Finds Media Hit Hillary Hardest Obama, Huckabee Fare Best; FOX Is Most Balanced (not a typo) TV election news has been hardest on Hillary Clinton this fall, while Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee have been the biggest media favorites, according to a new study by the Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA) at George Mason University. The study also found that Fox NewsChannel's evening news show provided more balanced coverage than its counterparts on the broadcast networks.
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The Kozmanauts are probably going ballistic as we speak.
They’ll do what they always do when they can’t win a debate because the facts aren’t on their side (which is ironically, all the time.) The Kos folks will attack the messenger...
Bingo...
I believe GMU’s economics department tends to be conservative, even compared to the other econ departments (which in general is more conservative compared to, say, English or History department).
They probably have among the most conservative law school and economic departments in the country, employing Walter Williams, among others, there. A truly fine school.
It is interesting that this study concludes that Huckabee is getting the most favorable coverage. Part of the mantra of his followers whenever his record is questioned is “you are just repeating the lies and half-truths of the Main Street Media.” It turns out the MSM is promoting him big time.
If there was ever a conservative network that was as obviously and outrageously biased as CNN NBC ABC CBS, etc., they would go absolutely ape. For example, if good people here chose the focus of the news presented to the people (the good iraq news, the good economic news, for example), showed the President respectfully, made fun of liberals, restricted liberals on any panel to 1/5th of the analysts, and all the other propaganda techniques that the networks use, it would be wonderful to me and an eye-opener to the nation what real, pro-USA news looks like.
Can't we get a billonaire to do this?
Always remember that Rupert Murdoch held fundraisers for Hillary Clinton and Al Gore, is a big proponent of global warming, and makes more money from pornography than Larry Flynt. Pathetic, but I guess that makes him fair and balanced.
They'll likely need a group change of their Depends.
Well, I watch Fox a lot.
But I’ve never seen a study yet, let alone one on media fairness and balance, that wasn’t somehow biased.
I am a former member of the electronic media in Washington, DC, and, based on my experience, I think everyone is biased. Period. Including me. :)
Thanks.
GMU marker.
But I’ve never seen a study yet, let alone one on media fairness and balance, that wasn’t somehow biased.
I am a former member of the electronic media in Washington, DC, and, based on my experience, I think everyone is biased. Period. Including me. :)
To me, the issue is not "objectivity," the issue is fairness in debate. Everyone has their own POV, so they are not properly called "objective. The actual problem is that some of us believe that we are entitled to our own facts. Those people call themselves objective but, in thus arguing from the assumption of their own superior virtue, mark themselves as sophists.The only reason they get away with it is their advantage in power, in that they are the ones controlling the microphones and the printing presses.
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