Example of media bias

#26
#26
His findings were that Fox News isn't as badly biased as the left-leaning news stations...?

That couldn't possibly have been a waste of time. The fact that anyone cares is ridiculous.
 
#27
#27
Here is the fundamental flaw in the study.

The methodology was to take a preset view of bias scores by a liberal group as to Congresspeople. Then, the study counted up the number of times that a particular Congressperson mentioned a think tank, with no regard whatsoever for context.

The designation given the Congressperson was then used to assign a bias score to the think tank. The study then simply counted up the number of times that think tank was mentioned by each of the media outlets.

Here's the problem: If a conservative Congressperson mentioned a think tank's opinion and criticized it, and then a liberal Congressperson responded, there was no accounting at all for whether the remarks were favorable or critical. That is to say, there was an enormous, and often errant assumption made that a citation to a think tank by a given Congressperson was citing that think tank with approval !!!!

You want proof? Here's a shocker: According to their scoring system, the ACLU came out on the conservative side of the ledger.


Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha !!!!!

Don't for one second pretend that this "study" has any value, whatsoever.
 
#29
#29
MG1968 said:
so the educational pedigree isn't that important?

I'll remember that next time you trot out the "Obama is smart, he went to Harvard" line of crap.
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We still don't know how smart Obama is since they have yet to release college transcripts.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure we all knew Bush got C's in college as soon as he declared to run.

Yet another example of MSM not investigating and criticizing Obama enough.
 
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theFallGuy said:
media matters = joke
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lawgator1 said:
Here is the fundamental flaw in the study.

The methodology was to take a preset view of bias scores by a liberal group as to Congresspeople. Then, the study counted up the number of times that a particular Congressperson mentioned a think tank, with no regard whatsoever for context.

The designation given the Congressperson was then used to assign a bias score to the think tank. The study then simply counted up the number of times that think tank was mentioned by each of the media outlets.

Here's the problem: If a conservative Congressperson mentioned a think tank's opinion and criticized it, and then a liberal Congressperson responded, there was no accounting at all for whether the remarks were favorable or critical. That is to say, there was an enormous, and often errant assumption made that a citation to a think tank by a given Congressperson was citing that think tank with approval !!!!

You want proof? Here's a shocker: According to their scoring system, the ACLU came out on the conservative side of the ledger.


Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha !!!!!

Don't for one second pretend that this "study" has any value, whatsoever.
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Ok, put their critique aside. See the above -- this is a methodology flaw that other academics have cited with the study. The ACLU is scored as conservative? Really?
 
#32
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MG1968 said:
wait, you used MEDIA MATTERS??

talk about losing all credibility
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No good sir, ignoring the content and attacking the source is a loss of credibility. The "esteemed" PhD's "findings" were destroyed.

While I'll concede that many news outlets are left leaning, Fox "News" is off the charts with their pull to the right. I'll give it to them though, Roger Ailes is an absolute master at blurring the lines between fact and opinion. Heck, Murdoch himself admits that he uses opinion to "shape" the agenda.
 
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Septic said:
No good sir, ignoring the content and attacking the source is a loss of credibility. The "esteemed" PhD's "findings" were destroyed.

While I'll concede that many news outlets are left leaning, Fox "News" is off the charts with their pull to the right. I'll give it to them though, Roger Ailes is an absolute master at blurring the lines between fact and opinion. Heck, Murdoch himself admits that he uses opinion to "shape" the agenda.
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you, like lawgator, should read your own posts
 
#34
#34
Why is this even a discussion? The psychology of the news networks is very simple:

For the most part, people read/watch channels that they enjoy and/or agree with. Are you telling me that the fact that the vast majority of people that watch Fox News are Conservatives is because Fox News is "Fair and Balanced"? Puhleeeeease. Conservatives watch Fox News because Fox News caters to their point of view. Same goes for MSNBC. It's slanted to the left and is clearly pandering to libs.

To claim Fox News isn't clearly slanted to the right is very silly. Just call a spade a spade. Conservatives flock to Fox News for a reason. Conservatives flock to TP rallies for a reason. Conservatives, by and large, don't watch MSNBC and enjoy what they hear or watch. You won't find many Conservatives at OWS rallies, either.

It's all about target markets.
 
#36
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HSVol said:
Why is this even a discussion? The psychology of the news networks is very simple:

For the most part, people read/watch channels that they enjoy and/or agree with. Are you telling me that the fact that the vast majority of people that watch Fox News are Conservatives is because Fox News is "Fair and Balanced"? Puhleeeeease. Conservatives watch Fox News because Fox News caters to their point of view. Same goes for MSNBC. It's slanted to the left and is clearly pandering to libs.

To claim Fox News isn't clearly slanted to the right is very silly. Just call a spade a spade. Conservatives flock to Fox News for a reason. Conservatives flock to TP rallies for a reason. Conservatives, by and large, don't watch MSNBC and enjoy what they hear or watch. You won't find many Conservatives at OWS rallies, either.

It's all about target markets.
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I don't even think of MSNBC as a news channel at this point. Very liberal, I agree. In the past 3-4 years seems to me they have really taken on the role more of being the anti-Fox.
 
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HSVol said:
Why is this even a discussion? The psychology of the news networks is very simple:

For the most part, people read/watch channels that they enjoy and/or agree with. Are you telling me that the fact that the vast majority of people that watch Fox News are Conservatives is because Fox News is "Fair and Balanced"? Puhleeeeease. Conservatives watch Fox News because Fox News caters to their point of view. Same goes for MSNBC. It's slanted to the left and is clearly pandering to libs.

To claim Fox News isn't clearly slanted to the right is very silly. Just call a spade a spade. Conservatives flock to Fox News for a reason. Conservatives flock to TP rallies for a reason. Conservatives, by and large, don't watch MSNBC and enjoy what they hear or watch. You won't find many Conservatives at OWS rallies, either.

It's all about target markets.
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And that's why it's so irritating to me, many people believe or want to believe that it's not slanted. Many conservatives actually believe the "fair and balanced" motto. It's neither fair nor balanced.

To be fair MSNBC would be equally as moronic if they tried that motto.
 
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