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> At any rate, every study I've seen has confirmed that most media orgs at least lean left 1) Links to studies? 2) Having a leaning in op-eds doesn't mean a b

by croon 9y ago

> At any rate, every study I've seen has confirmed that most media orgs at least lean left 1) Links to studies? 2) Having a leaning in op-eds doesn't mean a bias in facts reported. I'd assume if you have 0 bias there would be no point in lying about facts, but regardless of left-leaning or right-leaning organisations, the real issue is whether you present truth or not.

humanrebar 9y ago
Here's one about campaign donations: http://time.com/money/4533729/hillary-clinton-journalist-campaign-donations/ http://time.com/money/4533729/hillary-clinton-journalist-cam... There are plenty more if you Google around. And they go back way before Trump was on the scene. I'd be interested to see studies that dispute these findings. I haven't seen any.
- croon 9y ago
  I did google around. And they only hits I found were specifically Trump critical media. I'm hard pressed to call that bias. A fair reporting of Trump comes across in a very bad light. I guess that's unfortunate for him, but it's of his own making. The real question is whether anything reported on him (or the right at large) are erroneous, as he has claimed hundreds of times ("lies" and "fake" specifically), because the very few times it has happened, it was publicly retracted, and most often people got fired for it. I think that's a marker for healthy news.
  - humanrebar 9y ago
    Look for numbers on earlier elections, then: https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/09/media-professionals-and-journalists-donate/ https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/09/media-professionals... http://dailycaller.com/2010/08/28/obama-democrats-got-88-percent-of-2008-contributions-by-tv-network-execs-writers-reporters/ http://dailycaller.com/2010/08/28/obama-democrats-got-88-per...
Dirlewanger 9y ago
Politico did a pretty big study on it a couple months back showing that virtually all large outlets are clustered around liberal metropolitan areas. Politico, of all places.
- croon 9y ago
  > Politico did a pretty big study on it a couple months back showing that virtually all large outlets are clustered around liberal metropolitan areas. Politico, of all places. May I suggest that it's not causation? Other large outlet headquarters: Fox News: New York City Breitbart: Los Angeles Infowars: Austin A slight change in your text: > virtually all large [any type of corporation] are clustered around liberal metropolitan areas

by croon 9y ago

humanrebar 9y ago

Here's one about campaign donations: http://time.com/money/4533729/hillary-clinton-journalist-campaign-donations/ http://time.com/money/4533729/hillary-clinton-journalist-cam... There are plenty more if you Google around. And they go back way before Trump was on the scene. I'd be interested to see studies that dispute these findings. I haven't seen any.

croon 9y ago
I did google around. And they only hits I found were specifically Trump critical media. I'm hard pressed to call that bias. A fair reporting of Trump comes across in a very bad light. I guess that's unfortunate for him, but it's of his own making. The real question is whether anything reported on him (or the right at large) are erroneous, as he has claimed hundreds of times ("lies" and "fake" specifically), because the very few times it has happened, it was publicly retracted, and most often people got fired for it. I think that's a marker for healthy news.
- humanrebar 9y ago
  Look for numbers on earlier elections, then: https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/09/media-professionals-and-journalists-donate/ https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/09/media-professionals... http://dailycaller.com/2010/08/28/obama-democrats-got-88-percent-of-2008-contributions-by-tv-network-execs-writers-reporters/ http://dailycaller.com/2010/08/28/obama-democrats-got-88-per...

Dirlewanger 9y ago

Politico did a pretty big study on it a couple months back showing that virtually all large outlets are clustered around liberal metropolitan areas. Politico, of all places.

croon 9y ago
> Politico did a pretty big study on it a couple months back showing that virtually all large outlets are clustered around liberal metropolitan areas. Politico, of all places. May I suggest that it's not causation? Other large outlet headquarters: Fox News: New York City Breitbart: Los Angeles Infowars: Austin A slight change in your text: > virtually all large [any type of corporation] are clustered around liberal metropolitan areas