[spinestein]

[Coverage of economic news on the three broadcast networks was negative 62 percent of the time, despite ongoing good news of more jobs, low unemployment and economic growth.]


I'm surprised it's that low.


I heard an interview with Peter Jennings from NPR's Fresh Air with Terri Gross from 1998, where Jennings admitted the truth about media bias. He said something like 'The bias from journalists is not really to be found within an individual story that you see on the news, but rather with the selection of just which stories to run'.

While I will quibble that there actually IS an awful lot of noticeable bias contained within an individual story, Jennings freely admitted that he, himself, had a left leaning agenda that manifested itself in story selection which advocates for positions he supports. He also included his network counterparts Cronkite, Brokaw, Rather, and other journalists at the same time.

[CorbyCard]

Now, that's the response: "I'm surprised it's that low."