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Debate:Does the media really have a liberal bias? (view source)
Revision as of 02:11, December 11, 2007
, 02:11, December 11, 2007→No
No. Reporters do tend to be liberal, but publishers tend to be conservative, so it all balances out. Editors generally try to have the media's opinion reflect the mainstream of their readership, because—obviously—the media are businesses and are trying to make money. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 22:42, 7 April 2007 (EDT)
No. Reporters do tend to be liberal, but publishers tend to be conservative, so it all balances out. Editors generally try to have the media's opinion reflect the mainstream of their readership, because—obviously—the media are businesses and are trying to make money. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 22:42, 7 April 2007 (EDT)
:This is a fair call. Often I think it just boils down to economics - journalists tend to be on relatively low wages, and therefore tend to favour collective bargaining, government subsidies and other left-of-centre policies. The wealthier someone is (such as the publishers and executives) the more they favour property laws, tax cuts and other right-wing policies. This isn't necessarily an intentional bias, and journalists don't necessarily go out of their way to impose it. As for the Fox/everything else divide, it's true. But I think it's also simple social mechanics: journalists - just like everyone else - prefer to work alongside people they can relate to, ideologically or otherwise. [[User:Underscoreb|Underscoreb]] 21:11, 10 December 2007 (EST)
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