Times Furor Sounds Vaguely Familiar, Like.....Rather
December 20th, 2005 5:36 PM
Editor and Puiblisher story about the Times Spy article: But while most urged the paper to better explain what went into the decision-making process, others praised the Times' journalistic effort and stressed that the onus should be on what the Bush administration is doing, not the paper. ...Some noted a weariness over the paper continuing to be hammered for its actions, while others were angry…
News Conference Dominated by Bad News on Iraq, Spy Questions
December 20th, 2005 5:03 PM
There were only two subjects that concerned the media during President Bush’s December 19th news conference: Bad news on Iraq and domestic spying. Problems in Iraq accounted for six questions, while there were seven on domestic spying. (Note: Questions were counted based on their topic. Follow-ups on the same subject were not counted as separate questions.)The assembled members of the press…
Can't Argue With Science
December 18th, 2005 8:52 PM
UCLA political scientist Tim Groseclose releases results from a study that objectively quantifies media bias. Take a wild guess how that came out. Yes, Virginia, there is a leftist media bias. The only real surprises are that the Wall Street Journal news pages and the Drudge Report are more liberal than they get credit for. While the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is conservative, the…
Time's "People Who Mattered" Are Framed with Bias-Tinged Pictures and
December 18th, 2005 3:33 PM
Veteran observers of media bias know that it's not just about the words. It's also about the pictures. Time Magazine deserves all the wrath that will be hurled its way in the coming days not only over not naming "The purple-fingered Iraqi voters" their 2005 Persons of the Year, but for totally omitting them from its 2005 "People Who Mattered" list. The Iraqi voter may not have mattered, but…
