L.K.Eder
unbannable non-troll
ah, that famous study again.
here it is: The Media Sectors | Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ)
the least biased is not necessary the one that seems to be most balanced.
it can be a false balance.
here it is: The Media Sectors | Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ)
Fox News: The programming studied on Fox News offered a somewhat more positive picture of Republicans and more negative one of Democrats compared with other media outlets. Fox News stories about a Republican candidate were most likely to be neutral (47%), with the remainder more positive than negative (32% vs. 21% negative). The bulk of that positive coverage went to Giuliani (44% positive), while McCain still suffered from unflattering coverage (20% positive vs. 35% negative).
When it came to Democratic candidates, the picture was more negative. Again, neutral stories had a slight edge (39%), followed by 37% negative and 24% positive. And, in marked contrast from the rest of the media, coverage of Obama was twice as negative as positive: 32% negative vs. 16% positive and 52% neutral.
But any sense here that the news channel was uniformly positive about Republicans or negative about Democrats is not manifest in the data.
the least biased is not necessary the one that seems to be most balanced.
it can be a false balance.