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I thought you might be interested in the article from the FAIR web site. The following article will be appended to your message: Examining the "Liberal Media" Claim By David Croteau [See the Extra! magazine report on this study: Challenging the "Liberal Media" Claim: On economics, journalists' private views are to the right of public (July/August 1998) by David Croteau—Adobe reader required.] Executive Summary The conservative critique of the news media rests on two general propositions: (1) journalists' views are to the left of the public, and (2) journalists frame news content in a way that accentuates these left perspectives. Previous research has revealed persuasive evidence against the latter claim, but the validity of the former claim has often been taken for granted. This research project examined the supposed left orientation of media personnel by surveying Washington-based journalists who cover national politics and/or economic policy at US outlets. The findings include: On select issues from corporate power and trade to Social Security and Medicare to health care and taxes, journalists are actually more conservative than the general public. Journalists are mostly centrist in their political orientation. The minority of journalists who do not identify with the "center" are more likely to identify with the "right" when it comes to economic issues and to identify with the "left" when it comes to social issues. Journalists report that "business-oriented news outlets" and "major daily newspapers" provide the highest quality coverage of economic policy issues, while "broadcast network TV news" and "cable news services" provide the worst. I. INTRODUCTION To read the rest of the article, please click on the link below. http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2447 This article was published on Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting's Website (http://www.fair.org).

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