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Are they measuring on the same scale or relative to what 'left' and 'right' means in their respective countries?
by dagw 4y ago
Are they measuring on the same scale or relative to what 'left' and 'right' means in their respective countries?
- closewith 4y agoIt looks like it, from the explanation of the ratings on the site. It would be impossible to consider the capitalist bastion of the New York Times to be left-leaning anywhere outside the Overton window of the United States.
- yeahforsureman 4y agoProbably the same scale, although you can understand that in several ways. In any case, they clearly use the American typology, conflating the liberal-conservative axis with left-right. So it's next to impossible to tease out how left or right a publication is on more traditional markers, such as economic policy, in particular, but also labour issues, ideological orientation (e.g. Marxist/Social Democrat/Third Way/Social Liberal, or an even more mixed crowd on the right) etc.