Left wing media bias

[Kiln]

"Jeff Ballabon, an Orthodox Jew and political and communications consultant whom The Forward called “the architect of Bush’s 2004 re-election effort in the Orthodox community,” is the new senior vice president for communications at CBS News. "


Don't know Jeff Ballabon? He's a Republican activist, who once claimed, "

that, after his most recent job in Washington, he became convinced that Democrats are inherently bad people and Republicans are fundamentally good people." In the run up to the last Presidential election he's quoted as saying, "Obama is incredibly dangerous." During the 2004 elections, A Jewish news outlet reported, "AIPAC has touted this election [in 2004] as a 'win-win' proposition, noting Bush's strong support for Israel and Kerry's 100 percent pro-Israel voting record in the Senate." In response, Ballabon wrote, "Bush and Kerry 'win-win?' Republicans and Democrats indistinguishable? It would be funny if Jews weren't being killed."

 

[pubguy]

Giving an example of one conservative in the media is like saying global warming is not true because it is colder than normal for one day where you live.

 

[Willie99]

The Media was and is in bed with Right ... look at the "hands off" approach with McCain and Idiot Gal Palin

Bush WAS THE 1ST AMERICAN PRESIDENT to rip up the Abrahamic Covenant


Fuck MSM in this coutry .... they are cheering for a Depression and guys like
Ailes who is the CEO of Fox Newsless should be executed for Treason

OMG

Doc's view of the world

My thoughts on this thread?

words just don't do it justice

 

[3peet]

The mere fact that righty's ever bringing up a "liberal media bias" is a joke in itself. Party started to take a dump on itself and the country years ago and all they had left was to blame the media for its own problems.

Priceless.

 

[Willie99]

Right, because studies show how favorable Obama's treatment was and how unfavorable McCain's was

Because 90% of Washington correspondents admit they vote Democratic

Because 90% of political donations from media members go to Democrats

why on earth would anyone think there is media bias?

LOL

 

[Tank]

Isn't like 95% of the media owned by 5 corporations? Seems like they all spew the same shit.

 

[3peet]

Right, because studies show how favorable Obama's treatment was and how unfavorable McCain's was

Because 90% of Washington correspondents admit they vote Democratic

Because 90% of political donations from media members go to Democrats

why on earth would anyone think there is media bias?

LOL

Link that shit.

 

[Preussen]

Right, because studies show how favorable Obama's treatment was and how unfavorable McCain's was

Because 90% of Washington correspondents admit they vote Democratic

Because 90% of political donations from media members go to Democrats

why on earth would anyone think there is media bias?

Even if these figures were true (90% seems very much) I think it would be more interesting to know the political affiliations of the owners of the media corporations, as I think they have more influence than mere correspondents. Do you have any figures on them?

 

[Mistermj]

Even if these figures were true (90% seems very much) I think it would be more interesting to know the political affiliations of the owners of the media corporations, as I think they have more influence than mere correspondents. Do you have any figures on them?

Do you have any solid evidence that owners of media outlets make a habit of telling their editors what to push?

We know you think things...any proof at all? Any figures on them?

 

[Preussen]

MJ, so you are believing owners of media outlets do not influence their content? I didn't think you were that naive.

 

[guitarjosh]

MJ, so you are believing owners of media outlets do not influence their content? I didn't think you were that naive.

No, they don't, they have much more important things to take care of.

 

[Preussen]

GJ, I'm not saying the owners micro-manage every single article. But concerning important issues like presidential elections I really cannot imagine that the owners don't let the editors know which direction they favour.

 

[meniser]

they def gear them toward one side or another...

 

[guitarjosh]

GJ, I'm not saying the owners micro-manage every single article. But concerning important issues like presidential elections I really cannot imagine that the owners don't let the editors know which direction they favour.

Do you know who owns the news stations?

Time Warner owns CNN. It also owns HBO, which puts Bill Maher on the air.

GE owns NBC. They also own MSNBC, which is the unofficial network of the democrat party.

 

[Preussen]

Do you know who owns the news stations?

Time Warner owns CNN. It also owns HBO, which puts Bill Maher on the air.

GE owns NBC. They also own MSNBC, which is the unofficial network of the democrat party.

So?

 

[guitarjosh]

They aren't going to let one network be hardcore left wingers but tell another network that they own to support the right.

 

[Loren78]

The American Eagle Looking Both Ways to the Right and to the Left....To the Willing Fool who represents the Public, This would appear to represent a difference in opinion & motivation. But we can agree that when looking at this picture it is quite obvious that both the left and the right eagle belong to the same Body...and thus must be controlled by the same entity.....

There is no Bias, the eagle has decided to simply look in a different direction....

 

[Willie99]

first, the money

Political donations may be the most accurate assessment, since the reporters may be scared to let their bias known through polling.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19113485/

MSNBC.com identified 143 journalists who made political contributions from 2004 through the start of the 2008 campaign, according to the public records of the Federal Election Commission. Most of the newsroom checkbooks leaned to the left: 125 journalists gave to Democrats and liberal causes. Only 16 gave to Republicans. Two gave to both parties.

 

[Willie99]

of course the polling data doesn't help the non-liberal media argument

http://www.mediaresearch.org/biasbasics/biasbasics3.asp

KEY FINDINGS:

• 81 percent of the journalists interviewed voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election between 1964 and 1976.

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KEY FINDINGS:

• In 1992, nine of the White House correspondents surveyed voted for Democrat Bill Clinton, two for Republican George H. W. Bush, and one for independent Ross Perot.

• In 1988, 12 voted for Democrat Michael Dukakis, one for Bush.

• In 1984, 10 voted for Democrat Walter Mondale, zero for Ronald Reagan.

• In 1980, eight voted for Democrat Jimmy Carter, four for liberal independent John Anderson, and two voted for Ronald Reagan.

• In 1976, 11 voted for Carter, two for Republican Gerald Ford.-

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[Willie99]

U.S. Newspaper Journalists
In 1985, the Los Angeles Times conducted one of the most extensive surveys of journalists in history. Using the same questionnaire they had used to poll the public, the Times polled 2,700 journalists at 621 newspapers across the country. They found that by a margin of two-to-one, reporters had a negative view of then-President Ronald Reagan and voted, by the same margin, for Walter Mondale in 1984.
KEY FINDINGS:

• When asked how they voted in the 1984 election, more than twice as many newspaper journalists chose liberal Walter Mondale (58 percent) over the conservative incumbent Ronald Reagan (26 percent), even as the country picked Reagan in a 59 to 41 percent landslide.

• Times staff writer David Shaw expounded: “When asked ‘How would you describe your views on most matters having to do with politics?’ 55 percent of the newspaper journalists say they’re liberal (12 percent say ‘very liberal,’ and 43 percent say ‘somewhat liberal’), and only 23 percent of their readers say they’re liberal (five percent say ‘very liberal,’ and 18 percent say ‘somewhat liberal’).

• “Sometimes the readers and journalists take diametrically opposed positions — as on the question: ‘Are you in favor of the way Ronald Reagan is handling his job as President?’ Journalists say ‘No’ by a 2-1 margin; readers say ‘Yes’ by about the same margin.”

<hr color="#000000" size="1" width="75%"> The Media Elite Revisited
In 1995, Stanley Rothman and Amy E. Black “partially replicated the earlier Rothman-Lichter” survey of the media elite described above. “The sample of journalists mirrors that from the earlier study, including reporters and editors at major national newspapers, news magazines and wire services,” the authors wrote in a Spring 2001 article for the journal Public Interest. When it came to voting habits and ideology, the authors found the media elite maintained their liberal bent, providing strong majority support for Democrats Michael Dukakis in 1988 and Bill Clinton in 1992.
KEY FINDINGS:

• More than three out of four “elite journalists,” 76 percent, reported voting for Michael Dukakis in 1988, compared to just 46 percent of the voting public.

• An even larger percentage of top journalists, 91 percent, cast ballots for Bill Clinton in 1992. That same year, only 43 percent of voters picked Clinton, who nevertheless won a three-way race.

<hr color="#000000" size="1" width="75%"> Washington Bureau Chiefs and Correspondents
In April 1996, the Freedom Forum published a report by Chicago Tribune writer Elaine Povich titled, “Partners and Adversaries: The Contentious Connection Between Congress and the Media.” Buried in Appendix D was the real news for those concerned about media bias: Based on the 139 Washington bureau chiefs and congressional correspondents who returned the Freedom Forum questionnaire, the Washington-based reporters — by an incredible margin of nine-to-one — overwhelmingly cast their presidential ballots in 1992 for Democrat Bill Clinton over Republican incumbent George Bush.

KEY FINDINGS:
89 percent of Washington-based reporters said they voted for Bill Clinton in 1992. Only seven percent voted for George Bush, with two percent choosing Ross Pero