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Media Matters: Left Behind (5/30/07)
A new study of "The Skewed Representation of Religion in Major News Media" shows, unsurprisingly, that right-leaning religionists are quoted far more often than their left-leaning counterparts, and out of proportion to their numbers in the general population and within religious communities. "Despite the fact most religious Americans are moderate or progressive,"combining newspapers and television, conservative religious leaders were quoted, mentioned or interviewed in news stories 2.8 times as often as were progressive religious leaders. On television news... conservative religious leaders were quoted, mentioned or interviewed almost 3.8 times as often as progressive leaders. In major newspapers, conservative religious leaders were quoted, mentioned or interviewed 2.7 times as often as progressive leaders.
See FAIR's report on the occasion of the hiring of the first network religion correspondent: Extra!: Religion and Politics: The Media's One-Dimensional View (7–8/94) by Sam Husseini
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