Bias IV

Simulation and  Claremont Beat

Images and other forms of bias

The case of abortion: NPR report this morning

More data (albeit older) on journalist opinions:

 As was the case in 2004, majorities of the national and local journalists surveyed describe themselves as political moderates; 53% of national journalists and 58% of local journalists say they are moderates. About a third of national journalists (32%), and 23% of local journalists, describe themselves as liberals. Relatively small minorities of national and local journalists call themselves conservatives (8% national, 14% local).

 Internet journalists as a group tend to be more liberal than either national or local
journalists. Fewer than half (46%) call themselves moderates, while 39% are self-described liberals and just 9% are conservatives.

 Among the population as a whole, 36% call themselves conservatives – more than triple
the percentage of national and internet journalists, and more than double the percentage of local journalists. About four-in-ten (39%) characterize their political views as moderate, while 19% are self-described liberals, based on surveys conducted in 2007 by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. 

In the general public:

• Ideology
• Party Identification
• The case of evolution
• The case of abortion

Commentary v. News

• On Cable
• The problem of conservative media: punditry v. reporting

Pew on polarization:



Pew study of media habits: