on media bias consensus - even Harvard agrees!
November 2, 2007 – 9:52 pm
It seems that a joint survey by the Project for Excellence in Journalism and Harvard’s Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy has found some consensus with what conservatives have believed for years - media is biased against Republicans! Here’s a few of the more interesting comparisons.
Media Tone of Coverage
Percent of all stories, by party
Newspapers Positive Neutral Negative
Democrats 58.8% 30.0% 11.3%
Republicans 26.4% 34.0% 39.6%
Network evening news
Democrats 39.5% 43.4% 17.1%
Republicans 18.6% 44.2% 37.2%
PBS news
Democrats 8.3% 66.7% 25.0%
Republicans 0% 77.8% 77.8%
Cable news
Democrats 33.9% 40.6% 25.5%
Republicans 28.7% 40.9% 30.4%
NPR’s “Morning Edition”
Democrats 41.2% 52.9% 5.9%
Republicans 30.0% 50.0% 20.0%
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A couple questions that come up — is the media biased against whichever party has a president in office? If you were to perform this study during the Clinton Presidency, would the result have been the same? Before making assumptions, I recommend reading the full study linked above.
2 Responses to “on media bias consensus - even Harvard agrees!”
If the public really wants to hear the candidate facts stated in the report, why isn’t the media catering to them?
By Shakesulah on Nov 5, 2007
Interesting but well known already.
By admin on May 16, 2008