Conservative Bias
From Conservapedia
Conservative bias is partisan support for conservative positions or policies. This bias is present in encyclopedias, periodicals, and broadcast media, as well as on the Internet. The media has no clear bias as some studies classify the media more liberal[1] and others more conservative. [2] There is a difference between being conservative, having a conservative perspective, and having a conservative bias.
Some prominent organizations accused of having a conservative bias often deny it.[3] Roger Ailes, CEO of Fox News Channel and Chairman of Fox Television stations had this to say recently on the subject:
"I think conservatives were underserved, that does not make us a conservative channel. I think a lot of conservatives watch our channel, that does not make us a conservative channel. If we’re conservative, what does that make the other channels? Liberal. Reporters are very interesting, they keep coming at me and saying aren’t you more conservative, and I say yes well, you mean they’re more liberal? The answer is you see both on our channel. In the last 25 years you CNN had Bob Novack and they thought that was balanced. One half hour they had Bob and the rest of the time they had liberals. We decided to balance all the arguments and treat the conservative view with the same respect as we have for the liberal view, and that is really irritating some people. We’re not promoting the conservative point of view on Fox News, we’re merely giving them equal time and access. Why would that offend journalists, to have another point of view? We don’t quite get that. Dragged kicking and screaming the rest of the media is now saying oh my god maybe we should be a little more balanced than the way we were doing things. It hasn’t much affected the New York Times….No, it’s driven them even further to the left in a kind of strange, bizarre way. We’re not firing our reporters for making up the news, and they are...."
These accusations were largely made by the liberal media, who, though Conservative bias (though existant) is not as widespread as liberal bias, wish to portray it as such.
The following persons have a well documented conservative bias:
- Ann Coulter[4]
- Rush Limbaugh, "The Rush Limbaugh Show", Syndicated Radio
The following persons, organizations, television programs or media outlets have been accused of a conservative bias:
