The Horrors
The news media has a hard left bias is the conclusion of UCLA poly sci prof and Mizzou economist after scouring news media organizations for the past 10 years. How did he come up with his views? Here's how he determined biases in the media.
The study initially seems methodologically challenged to say the least, but I suppose I will wait until the final study is published and for political scientists to tear it apart before further commentary.
Something else to mull on: any political scientist who states that Drudge is left leaning needs to get their head checked.
Groseclose and Milyo then directed 21 research assistants Ã? most of them college students Ã? to scour U.S. media coverage of the past 10 years. They tallied the number of times each media outlet referred to think tanks and policy groups, such as the left-leaning NAACP or the right-leaning Heritage Foundation.So based on the citation pattern of major newsoutlets a determination was made about the supposed bias of the news organization? Some questions I have about the report. Did the study even take into account the stories and the context in which these citations were made? Just because a news outlet cites or quotes a particular organization opoliticianan doesn't mean it defacto supports it views. The major problem with the survey is because it bases its "center" on the ADA average score in Congress (50.1), and assumes that Congress is an accurate representation of America's political views. The Senate doesn't even come close to accurately representing American political thought, 2 senators from NY and 2 from Wyoming anyone? and ADA ratings are based on positions taken by Senators (study says it "compensated" for this, but I will be interested to see how exactly). Also with all the gerrymandering and wacky electoral districts created (DeLay and Texas debauchery) for House representatives, I would hardly consider the ADA's average score to be representative of the American public.
Next, they did the same exercise with speeches of U.S. lawmakers. If a media outlet displayed a citation pattern similar to that of a lawmaker, then Groseclose and Milyo's method assigned both a similar ADA score.
The study initially seems methodologically challenged to say the least, but I suppose I will wait until the final study is published and for political scientists to tear it apart before further commentary.
Something else to mull on: any political scientist who states that Drudge is left leaning needs to get their head checked.
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