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I dunno, I think parts of their coverage would seem to demonstrate otherwise. For instance, consider their Oscars article: https://www.theknifemedia.com/world
by glenra 9y ago
I dunno, I think parts of their coverage would seem to demonstrate otherwise.
For instance, consider their Oscars article:
https://www.theknifemedia.com/world-news/how-did-the-oscars-coverage-rate-hint-it-was-biased/ https://www.theknifemedia.com/world-news/how-did-the-oscars-...
Scroll all the way to the bottom to find their attempt at an "unbiased" article ("the raw data"). Now, maybe Oscars reporting is a special case and you can't do this for other kinds of articles, but isn't it worth a try?
Full article follows:
> The 90th Oscars awards ceremony airs to an estimated 26.5M viewers
> Jimmy Kimmel hosted the 90th Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday night. The “Oscars,” or Academy Awards of Merit, are given annually to “honor outstanding artistic and scientific achievements in theatrically released feature-length motion pictures,” according to the awards’ website.
> This year’s show was aired live from 8 to 11 p.m. eastern on ABC, to an estimated audience of 26.5 million viewers. It is the lowest number since the 1990s when the viewership data began being collected. The 2017 awards had 32.9 million viewers.
> Besides speaking about the nominated films and filmmaking, some presenters and award recipients spoke about other topics. While hosting, Kimmel made jokes about Fox News, President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
> Best actress award winner Frances McDormand spoke about “inclusion riders,” a stipulation that actors can put in their contracts to ensure gender and ethnic diversity among cast and crew members of film projects that they work on. Presenters Kumail Nanjiani and Lupita Nyong’o spoke in support of “Dreamers,” referring to recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Award winner Kristen Anderson-Lopez spoke about diversity and gender representation in the songwriter category.
> Award winners include:
> Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” won for both Best Picture and Best Director.
> Frances McDormand earned Best Actress for her role in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
> Gary Oldman won for Best Actor for his role in “Darkest Hour.”
> Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez received the Best Original Song award for the track “Remember Me” in “Coco.”
> Alexandre Desplat won Best Original Score for “The Shape of Water.”
> Sources: Breitbart, Fox News, The New York Times, The Oscars
One thing in there that has a tiny whiff of bias is mentioning the huge drop in viewership. IF there is some more favorable way of estimating the event's impact or importance, then including that bit would count in their framework as "slant". Did I miss anything else?