While the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is conservative, the newspaper's news pages are liberal, even more liberal than The New York Times. The Drudge Report may have a right-wing reputation, but it leans left. Coverage by public television and radio is conservative compared to the rest of the mainstream media. Meanwhile, almost all major media outlets tilt to the left.
These are just a few of the surprising findings from a UCLA-led study, which is believed to be the first successful attempt at objectively quantifying bias in a range of media outlets and ranking them accordingly. - UCLA News
I'm excited to see how the media apologists respond to this.
Frequently, what apologists don't say is more interesting than what they do say... so I wont hold my breath for a substantial rebuttal from any of the usual suspects.
Meanwhile, the report quantifies that 18 of the 20 major media outlets scored left of center with The Wall Street Journal, CBS Evening "News," NY Times, and LA Times scoring most-liberal. (Pardon my utter shock and dismay over the finding that CBS scored only second most-liberal).
On the other hand, FOX News' Special Report with Brit Hume scored the fourth most-centrist of the studied outlets. FOX, being the channel the left loves to finger as being oh-so-right-leaning. Surely, FOX commentary leans right; however, at least this viewer has no problem distinguishing commentary from the news. Over at CBS, LA Times, et al - even the "reporters" seem to have trouble distinguishing between the two!
And now, a word from media apologists...
"mum"
And that's the way it is...
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