Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Hostile media or fair and balanced reporting?

[Vern Green <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Well this PDF link did not have the test story in it, that is what I
was looking for. This did have some additional information in it that
I thought was interesting. I am still not convinced this debunks the
bias in the media sentiment. In fact, I would go as far as to say that
I wish news outlets would go to the same lengths the writers of this
test did.

"In an effort to produce a balanced and  "neutral" article, we took
care to make the "pro" and "con" sections of the story equal in length
and similar in style. In addition we prestested the original draft
with nine judges who professed to be disinterested and nonpartisan on
the GM foods issue and revised it until they agreed it was balanced"

This is impossible for news outlets to do of course, but I am still
convinced and I have yet to see anything to sway my opinion that there
is still liberal bias in the main stream media. I see it almost
everyday in the way the stories are covered, presented, written and
commented on.


On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 21:38:36 -0500 (CDT), Mike Miller
<EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Vern Green wrote:
> 
> > Why don't we have the article? I want to read what the people read
> > before I can comment on the validity of this study, or how it effects my
> > view of bias in the media.
> 
> No problema, Vern.  Here ya go:
> 
> http://taxa.epi.umn.edu/~mbmiller/journals/j_comm/2004_54_Gunther_hostile_media.pdf
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 20:13:22 -0500 (CDT), Mike Miller
> > <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> >> This article is by the guy from UW-Madison that I told you about a while
> >> ago:
> >>
> >> http://news.cals.wisc.edu/newsDisplay.asp?id=1022
> >>
> >> You can see a different twist in this research.  He showed the same
> >> article to people on two sides of an issue and he either told them that
> >> the article was from a national newspaper or that it was from a college
> >> student essay.  When people were told that the article was written by a
> >> college student, they generally had no complaints.  When they were told
> >> that the article was from a newspaper, they felt that the article was
> >> unbiased only if they had no stake in the issue.  People who were partisan
> >> on the issue saw the article was biased against them, not against their
> >> opponents, but they did so only when told it was a newspaper article.
> >>
> >> Read the URL above to get the whole story.
> >>
> >> I think the meaning is pretty clear.  People react defensively against
> >> unbiased news reports that they think are harming them or their cause.
> >> Therefore, unsubstantiated claims of bias in the mainstream news media
> >> should be taken with a large grain of salt.
> >>
> >> Mike
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