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| − | One manifestation of liberal bias is partisan [[media bias|bias]] towards [[liberal]] positions or policies in many mainstream media.
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| | The following persons, television programs or media outlets have frequently been said to express a well known liberal bias. | | The following persons, television programs or media outlets have frequently been said to express a well known liberal bias. |
| | * ''[[The New York Times]]'' | | * ''[[The New York Times]]'' |
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| | * The [[United Nations]]{{fact}} | | * The [[United Nations]]{{fact}} |
| | * [[Washington Post]]{{fact}} | | * [[Washington Post]]{{fact}} |
| | + | * [[Hollywood]]{{fact}} |
| | * [[MSNBC]] | | * [[MSNBC]] |
| | * [[Communism for dummies| Communism for Dummies]] | | * [[Communism for dummies| Communism for Dummies]] |
| | * [[Liberals]] | | * [[Liberals]] |
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| | + | There are many examples of liberal views in the [[Liberals]] article. When a journalist uses these liberal views in a one-sided manner, the journalist is exhibiting liberal bias. |
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| | CBS insider [[Bernard Goldberg]] wrote the definitive book on liberal bias in the media, simply entitled ''[[Bias]]''. | | CBS insider [[Bernard Goldberg]] wrote the definitive book on liberal bias in the media, simply entitled ''[[Bias]]''. |
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| − | == Media Bias== | + | == Media Bias Is Real, Finds UCLA Political Scientist == |
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| − | A 2005 report<ref>http://www.polisci.ucla.edu/faculty/groseclose/Media.Bias.pdf A MEASURE OF MEDIA BIAS</ref> by Tim Groseclose and Jeffrey Milyo political scientists at UCLA concluded that, based on estimated ideological scores, all of the news
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| − | outlets they examined, except Fox News’ Special Report and the Washington Times, showed a strong liberal bias (scores to the left of the average member of Congress).
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| − | :"I suspected that many media outlets would tilt to the left because surveys have shown that reporters tend to vote more Democrat than Republican," said Tim Groseclose, a UCLA political scientist and the study's lead author. "But I was surprised at just how pronounced the distinctions are." [http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=6664]
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| − | A recent study by Media Matters shows that liberal or progressive commentators are underrepresented on Sunday talk shows.[[http://mediamatters.org/items/200607200006]]
| + | "I suspected that many media outlets would tilt to the left because surveys have shown that reporters tend to vote more Democrat than Republican," said Tim Groseclose, a UCLA political scientist and the study's lead author. "But I was surprised at just how pronounced the distinctions are." <ref>http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=6664</ref> |
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| | == References == | | == References == |
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