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In this context it has also been pointed out that the term ''liberal quotient'' can be misleading, and is often mistaken to mean liberal fraction. The liberal quotient of 1:2 of the American public, for example, is often mistaken to mean that 66% of all Americans are conservative, although it is only about 35% according to the Harris poll.

In this context it has also been pointed out that the term ''liberal quotient'' can be misleading, and is often mistaken to mean liberal fraction. The liberal quotient of 1:2 of the American public, for example, is often mistaken to mean that 66% of all Americans are conservative, although it is only about 35% according to the Harris poll.

A more fundamental criticism is directed to the use of the liberal quotient when applied to media outlets or encyclopedias. Rather than estimating the political orientation of editors, critics propose to consider the political orientation of the actual content. Recent scientific studies on media bias look at the media content, and use in addition other measures than the quotient of articles with a liberal bias versus articles with a conservative bias  [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=947640#PaperDownload][http://ideas.repec.org/p/umc/wpaper/0501.html].  Note, that both studies nevertheless conclude that most media outlets have a liberal bias.

A more fundamental criticism is directed to the use of the liberal quotient when applied to media outlets or encyclopedias. Rather than estimating the political orientation of editors, critics propose to consider the political orientation of the actual content. Recent scientific studies on media bias look at the media content, and not at the orientation of the editors, and use in addition other measures than the quotient of articles with a liberal bias versus articles with a conservative bias  [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=947640#PaperDownload][http://ideas.repec.org/p/umc/wpaper/0501.html].  Note, that both studies nevertheless conclude that most media outlets have a liberal bias.

Other criticism of the use if the liberal quotient is directed at the way it is used in comparison of the bias of Wikipedia with statistical sound results from a Harris Poll. The identified problems are:  

Other criticism of the use if the liberal quotient is directed at the way it is used in comparison of the bias of Wikipedia with statistical sound results from a Harris Poll. The identified problems are: