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Vanity..I need Freeper help..: I need resources for bias in the media

Posted on 01/22/2002 6:58:50 PM PST by newsperson999

I am working on a project and need resources that document liberal bias in the media, besides Bernard Goldbergs book. I am looking for internet resources. Thanks in advance.


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1 posted on 01/22/2002 6:58:50 PM PST by newsperson999
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To: newsperson999
www.smartertimes.com is one place to go
2 posted on 01/22/2002 7:05:00 PM PST by diefree
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To: newsperson999
MRC
3 posted on 01/22/2002 7:06:01 PM PST by mdittmar
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To: newsperson999
Media Research Center

There is also an FR chapter on media bias.

4 posted on 01/22/2002 7:07:54 PM PST by TN Republican
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To: newsperson999
http://www.mediaresearch.org/
5 posted on 01/22/2002 7:09:06 PM PST by RaceBannon
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To: newsperson999
Try the FreeRepublic media bias chapter's website! (Also known as CCRM = Citizens Coalition for Responsible Media.)
6 posted on 01/22/2002 7:09:23 PM PST by calypgin
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To: newsperson999
check out ratherbiased.com
7 posted on 01/22/2002 7:10:03 PM PST by Goodness Gracious
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To: newsperson999
I'm in the middle of reading Bernie's book. He says all you have to do is turn on the TV for proof of liberal bias. You also might try Dan Rather's favorite fan site.
8 posted on 01/22/2002 7:13:25 PM PST by randog
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To: OneIfByLand
my view of FAIR is that it is biased to the left. How about Accuracy in Media instead?
10 posted on 01/22/2002 7:30:35 PM PST by diefree
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To: OneIfByLand
Noam Chomsky at Town Hall: An Evening to Celebrate FAIR's 15th Anniversary Special guests include Phil Donahue, Laura Flanders & FAIR's founder, Jeff Cohen
12 posted on 01/22/2002 7:36:28 PM PST by diefree
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To: newsperson999
In a new book "Coloring the News," William McGowan details actual examples of the American news media distorting the news to promote "diversity" and/or "political correctness"

From US News: Does Bush have a legitimate beef against Clymer?

From the Wall St Journal, Dorothy Rabinowtiz's Media Log

The Media Research Center

In their own words: Journalists and bias

A piece from the Washington Post

Roper Organization poll showed that 89 per cent of all journalists had voted for Clinton and that only 4 per cent are Republicans

And one of my personal favorites: Dan Rather speaks at democratic fundraiser

13 posted on 01/22/2002 7:36:34 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: newsperson999
The blogging community is a great place to find examples of this. Start at InstaPundit and follow the links to other like sites.
14 posted on 01/22/2002 7:51:07 PM PST by silmaril
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To: OneIfByLand;diefree;newsperson999
FAIR is itself a biased liberal organization. They obtain much of their information from various far-left "progressive" or even "socialist" groups.

A list of liberal sources FAIR CONSIDERS BIAS FREE from their own web site

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FAIR's List of Online News Sources
Here are some of the websites that FAIR visits most often to keep up with the news:
Alternative News
Alternet. Syndicated writings from the alternative press.
Common Dreams: News and Views for Progressives. Breaking news and links to highlights from the day's progressive press.
The Consortium. Underreported news and forgotten history from one of America's preeminent investigative reporters.
CounterPunch. A bi-weekly muckraking newsletter edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair.
Free Speech TV. Towards more democratic television; site features downloadable independent video.
In These Times. A nonprofit political magazine featuring news and analysis that challenge the corporate media.
Information Subway. A progressive Internet news site.
Institute for Global Communications (IGC). A nonprofit internet forum for progressive news and organizing.
Left Business Observer. Monthly newsletter on economics and politics edited by Doug Henwood.
Le Monde Diplomatique in English. A French monthly news magazine focusing on global politics. Click here for the French edition.
The Nation. America's oldest weekly news magazine, featuring political news and commentary.
OneWorld Online. Global news with a focus on the developing world.
The Progressive. Monthly political magazine with commentary and news advocating for peace and social justice.
Rage Against the Machine Current Events. News radical rock fans can use.
Sam Smith's Progressive Review. "Washington's Most Unofficial Source."
The Scoop. Insightful and very funny weekly commentary from Bob Harris. (On hiatus.)
World Socialist Web Site. News and analysis from a socialist perspective.
ZNet. Z Magazine's site for progressive news and organizing.

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They also cite as their "resource list" various groups, few of which sound "conservative" or even "moderate":

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FAIR's Resource List
Research & Advocacy

Center for Media and the Black Experience

Center for Media Education
Cultural Environment Movement
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Labor Vision Monitor
Latinos for Positive Imagery
National Association of African Americans for Positive

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Not simply a research organization, they recommend and assist in organizing demostrations, suggesting that these demonstrations include "Placards and signs" and "Slogans and chanting:"

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Distill the gist of your case and recommendations into a few pithy phrases and slogans.
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One of their major beefs with the media appears to be "a lack of diversity:"

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What is the race and gender diversity at the news outlet you watch compared to the communities it serves? How many producers, editors or decision-makers at news outlets are women, people of color or openly gay or lesbian? In order to fairly represent different communities, news outlets should have members of those communities in decision-making positions.
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Furthermore, FAIR "has a record of inaccurate and dishonest pronouncements. "

Exhibit A is FAIR's leading role in fabricating The Great Super Bowl Hoax of 1993. On January 28, FAIR held a press conference in Los Angeles declaring that Super Bowl Sunday inspires domestic violence against women from football-watching men.

Associated Press reporter Jeffrey Meyer wrote: "Some women's shelters report as much as a 40 percent increase in calls for help on Super Bowl Sunday and the following Monday, [said] Linda Mitchell of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, a media watchdog group." A handout from FAIR's public relations agents, Dobisky Associates, warned women: "Don't remain with him at home during the game."

When Washington Post reporter Ken Ringle discovered that FAIR and others publicizing these claims had no scientific data to back them up, FAIR spokesman Steve Rendall later admitted to The Boston Globe: "It was not quite accurate...It should not have gone out in FAIR materials."

Exhibit B: The first edition of FAIR's newsletter Extra! proclaimed: "We do not work to prevent the airing of viewpoints with which we disagree. Our approach is to work for the inclusion of new viewpoints, not the exclusion of old ones."

Really? Recently a FAIR representative wrote a long letter to Richard Carlson, chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, singling out the program "Reverse Angle," hosted by Fred Barnes and Morton Kondracke. Before it ever aired, the representative wrote: "FAIR recommends that this be abandoned."

FAIR also hinted at censorship in a New York Times ad, saying that the stations that carry Rush Limbaugh "can be held accountable if they broadcast falsehood...It is, in fact, a condition of their licenses."

Source: Creators Syndicate
L. Brent Bozell ]www.creators.com

15 posted on 01/22/2002 7:52:12 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: OneIfByLand
If, by "biased against liberals" you mean, "conservative who disagrees with liberal idealogy," you would be correct. However, calling me biased against liberals does not in any way refute what I wrote about FAIR's bias.

It is merely a slightly more eloquent variation on the classic Pee Wee Herman "I know you are, but what am I?" retort.

Instead of turning to other pedophiliac former kiddie show hosts for inspiration, why not to explain--as opposed to opine--how FAIR can be seen as unbiased despite its affiliation with progressive and even socialist organizations.

17 posted on 01/22/2002 9:02:38 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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