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Study: All Major News Outlets Have Left-Leaning Bias that ‘Distorts’ Minds

Aug. 1, 2011 11:57am Billy Hallowell

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UCLA political scientist Dr. Tim Groseclose pens new book about liberal media bias

Groseclose claims he has scientifically proven that mainstream outlets are biased

Liberal media bias, he says, impacts Americans’ perspectives on important issues

Charges of media bias have existed for years. Explicit examples — and there are many — showcase journalists’ inability to hide personal perspective. But, are the mainstream media biased on the whole? Many would answer affirmatively.

In America, conservatives tend to believe that national outlets favor Democratic candidates and politicians over their Republican counterparts. But, can this be proven? UCLA political scientist Dr. Tim Groseclose says “yes.”

In his new book, Left Turn — How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind, Groseclose not only sets out to showcase that the media are biased, but he also seeks to expose the profound influence liberal bias has had on the American public. Below, CBN sheds light on some of his findings:

- All mainstream news outlets in the United States have a liberal bias.

- The Drudge Report is the most fair, balanced and centrist news outlet in the United States.

- Fox News’ “Special Report,” which is usually characterized as conservative, is not biased as far right as typical mainstream outlets are biased to the left.

Below, watch Groseclose discuss his research:

Last week, the political scientist also appeared in an interview with Fox News’ Lou Dobbs to discuss this important subject. During the interview, he said, “If you’re looking for bias, you’re not going to find it in false statements…the way that the media perpetrates bias is usually in what they don’t report.” Watch his comments, below:

Groseclose also recently took to The Washington Times opinion page to both explain and defend his research:

For the past several years, I have researched this question, trying to solve the following thought experiment: What if media bias were suddenly to disappear? In such a world, how would America look and act politically?

The answer is, approximately like Texas.

More specifically, if media bias were to disappear, according to the analysis, then America would think and vote like any region that voted around 56-43 percent for Republican John McCain in the last presidential election. Besides Texas, such regions include Kansas, North Dakota, Kentucky, Salt Lake County, Utah, and Orange County, Calif.

That the media has such an influence is a strong claim but is backed up by the science.

You can read the rest of his opinion piece here.

One of the main expectations of American media is that journalists can and will remain non-partisan and objective in their coverage of events, political campaigns and the like. Over the years, though, Republicans and conservatives have claimed that this hasn’t been the case. They point to a number of examples to back up their bias claims.

There was the 2004 controversy involving CBS’s Dan Rather and George W. Bush’s faux military documents. Back in June we reported on CNN Money‘s Jeanne Sahadi and her article calling those opposed to raising the debt ceiling “wingnuts.” And, of course, there was the media’s alleged favorable treatment of candidate Obama during the 2008 campaign.

While there are arguments to be made that these instances, among others, constitute bias, each simply serves as an anecdotal example. Unfortunately, anecdotal happenings don’t necessarily reflect what is occurring across the board. Thus, using a few examples to say that the media are all liberally-biased is not valid. To make such a claim one — like Groseclose — must undertake scientific research. Interestingly, he has done just that.

Groseclose concludes his op-ed with the following words: “It’s time the public wakes up. Media bias is more significant, complex and pernicious than people realize.” Regardless of where one stands on the level of media bias present in mainstream outlets, Groseclose’s trumpet call for a more informed and curious public is certainly a healthy quest. After all, knowing how the information we consume is crafted helps us better comprehend complex issues.

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Comments (212)

MisterMoney
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:33pm
Kind of interesting, and a confirmation of what I have long suspected, a further left bias than I had imagined. I took the PQ test on his site ( Link: http://timgroseclose.com/calculate-your-pq/ ) and I scored a 17%, with 0 being hard right. I wonder if the MSM will coment on this?

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dirtypolitics
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:30pm
Will Tim Groseclose now be a racist and will be attacked by the Journolists?

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- SavingtheRepublic.com
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:56pm
  ^____^____^
  You are dead on, this is where the attention should be on this “study”. How fast the radical left will respond and attack this guy? Maybe he should do a study on how quickly they attack anyone who speaks out against them, either way you all know one thing it proves… That we are all right about them and his study is in stone! :)
  
  Who cares though its just words if they do whine and attack let them I dont care and neither should you. The more we react and engage them the more power we give them. Do not engage the left, instead continue the ambushes and hit-and-runs then be silent on the issue when they fire back! This will enrage them that their attacks are not being returned
  http://SavingtheRepublic.com
  
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- IMPEACHBHO
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:00pm
  10. Reform our news media
  We need to hold accountable those in the media that purport to report the “news” by holding them to the “Journalist Oath of Standards Act”. If violated, they will be banned from reporting for a minimum of two years. Blatant omission of key news events will fall under this oath as well. Commentary – all forms (including couching it within a question) – must be kept separate and clearly labeled as such.
  
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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:05pm
  It’s on Christian Broadcast News? Immediate FAIL
  
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- Shiroi Raion
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:05pm
  Left-wing news outlets, colleges, and public schools distort minds which is evident by the idiocy of The Blaze’s trolls. We knew this already, but thanks for the study.
  
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- concealled9mms
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:14pm
  no but he will probably be fired from ucla
  
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- drphil69
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:14pm
  Obviously he is a racist, hates Obama, and is plotting destruction… there can be no other explanation…
  
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- Uriel
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:17pm
  And in other news, UCLA scientist Dr. Groseclose has been sacked.
  
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- oneshiner
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:37pm
  “Left Turn” by Professor Tim looks interesting, but I really, really don’t need a study to tell me how the Liberals think and vote. They are against normal people, against independence, against freedom, and keep naming everything they kept us hostage for. Merely because most of we rational people believe in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and Freedom within the United States of America.
  
  Couldn’t believe he was at UCLA, but I agree with him completely. These Liberals and RINO’s are ruining America so everyone will get on board with the Communist beliefs and Marxist beliefs and anything that is against America as we know it. I don’t trust many in politics, but I truly cannot stand
  the ones who stand up there and lie their arses off hoping we’ll believe them. NOT~
  
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- Viet Vet
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:37pm
  Uriel
  
  “And in other news, UCLA scientist Dr. Groseclose has been sacked.”
  
  That’s not far-fetched at all. When CBS found out that Bernard Goldberg was writing a book on media bias they said they would fire him if he published it. Goldberg, a life-long democrap and 20 year reporter for CBS, published ‘BIASED’ and they fired him. He followed ‘BIASED’ up with another book on media bias: ‘ARROGANT’.
  
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- Viet Vet
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:41pm
  Actually the second book was: ‘ARROGANCE’.
  
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- Susan Harkins
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:42pm
  Those who go into Academic and Media “jobs” do so by nature of whom they are. It is in their “nature” to flap their gums about issues instead of being part of the productive class that actually solves issues via innovation, investment, and capital formation. They are no different than a leech on a host organism — its just in their “genetic nature” to be this way.
  
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- Shiroi Raion
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:00pm
  Let’s have some fun by taking a look at the DEVELOPING LIBERAL MINDS!
  http://www.youtube.com/user/StevenCrowder#p/u/60/BUybMMYmpxo
  
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- Celtat
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:03pm
  Another story you won’t see on mainstream media … Lots of info.. not getting to the right people..again!
  
  shutupNcolor.com
  
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- obamanation
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:32pm
  GO Bruins!!
  
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- thelonious
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:32pm
  Didn’t Beck spend one of his last shows saying to never trust the university intelligentsia? Of course, unless the professor agrees with him. I believe this “smart” guy Groseclose said “liberals worship the god of equality” because they sympathize with Muslims. There you have it, ipso facto conservatives worship inequality in all its forms.
  
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- KPEdwards
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:37pm
  So, I’m taking his PQ quiz right now, and yes, he should be fired. This is one of the worst surveys to gauge political ideology I could think of. The quiz basically just asks if you would have voted one way or the other on a series of legislative bills (oh and don’t worry, if you change you’re mind he usually asks the same exact question at least twice – sometimes even with a note saying it’s the same question). This just ignores any discussion of the underlying issues as to *why* a person would vote against or for these bills.
  
  Then he includes the Dem and Rep votes for each bill. You know, so your self-identification can just get in the way (a great way to produce dirty, dirty data). In 20 he specifically mentions which would be the liberal way of voting. In 21, he gives you no option to oppose the bill but support the closing of guantamo. In 26, all the information he gives you is there was a confirmation vote on Sotomayor, D’s voted this way, R’s voted this way. And question 34 is just wrong. It says Warren was named to head the CFPA (which is not what it’s actually called) in a recess appointment. That didn’t happen. She isn’t the head of the CFPB (the correct acronym).
  
  Let alone the politician’s similar PQ results – I’d say is complete bunk.
  
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- AZ Aviator
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:44pm
  If there is ANYthing you can count on in this bizarre world, it is that. Release the hounds!!
  
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- SFsuper49er
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:53pm
  We have got to stop listening to mainstream media. All it is is a brainwashing community. Don’t Listen to the corruption. American Patriots need to work hard to stop the insanity… They are a huge part of the problem.
  
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- tifosa
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:15pm
  Let’s hope ALOT of you buy the book!
  SAVETHE…, “Do not engage the left, instead continue the ambushes and hit-and-runs then be silent on the issue when they fire back! This will enrage them that their attacks are not being returned” hahahahhhahahahaha BRILLIANT! Love it! :^D
  
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- gotta light
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:22pm
  THIS ISN’T NEWS FOR MANY OF US. WE KNEW WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT THE MAIN STREET MEDIA ALA LAME STREET MEDIA LEAN WAYYY WAYYY TO FAR TO THE LEFT.
  
  Hey bud gotta light?
  
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- coryf076
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:30pm
  They will also say he is a member of a homegrown terrorists militia….you know….the kind of people that keep terrorizing the united states in the name of Christianity over the past decade ;-)
  
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- Dustyluv
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:37pm
  He says the Nation would look like Texas if it weren’t for the media…Well you gotta exclude Austin. It’s just plain wierd..
  
  If we could get rid of Austin we would be a perfect state…It’s like a mini california cancer in the heart of Texas…When you call Rick the RINO Perry a Conservative Texan, you have not been to Texas…
  
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- chazman
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 4:25pm
  First off, UCLA will fire him. Secondly, he says that ‘media outlets have a left leaning bias.’ Duh! Ya think? That’s why UCLA will fire him. Hope you make money with your research Prof. Yer gonna need it!
  
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- jhaydeng
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 5:47pm
  Hey pal, you can paint my house when you need a job!
  
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- WeDontNeedNoStinkingBadges
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 6:44pm
  “Study: All Major News Outlets Have Left-Leaning Bias that ‘Distorts’ Minds”
  
  I report that report! 1960′s, right? But why repeat it now?
  
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- tcharleyd
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:43pm
  either that or it will be completely ignored
  
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- cozmoeastman
  Posted on August 2, 2011 at 12:53am
  dead on and this story and book will never get put on the msm. which goes to prove the Dr.’s point
  
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- tower7femacamp
  Posted on August 2, 2011 at 5:38am
  it’s called MK-ULTRA mind control and it has been
  around since the 1950′s
  
  wake up and wake others up.
  
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- thelonious
  Posted on August 2, 2011 at 6:57am
  Yes, tower7, all people who disagree with you or speak differently than you were part of MKULTRA. The facts remain that the American Mythological country is not the country that most americans (lower case “a”) know. Most of us know that we outsource jobs to wage-slave labor in third world countries or subsidize the cornbelt to monopolize mexican markets. We aren’t a perfect country and until most Blazers or tea partiers realize that we will never be.
  
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- Emrys
  Posted on August 2, 2011 at 8:57am
  I feel vewy, vewy smart now. I Knew all of this and didn’t need a Ph.D.
  
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AmericanHorse
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:29pm
Do we really need to prove the blatantly obvious?

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- SavingtheRepublic.com
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:50pm
  Agreed! Please tell me this didnt cost taxpayers, aka us, money to find out!
  
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- Miguelito
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:54pm
  You think! It’s a duh! What happens when the main stream media plant all these lying seeds?
  
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- chips1
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:17pm
  Dr. Groseclose relates, “My article was completely taken out of context.” Hows that sound?
  
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MacOscair
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:28pm
“He who pays the piper calls the tune”. It’s a well known saying and an obvious reality. Of course the media are biased (always have been) – biased in ways that benefit those who sign the paychecks of the employees, including the reporters, analysts, etc. Here’s a little problem in your right-wing whiney argument, though: The “owners” are ALL capitalists and mostly Republicans.

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- trolltrainer
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:35pm
  Yep! It is all a ploy, the evil Republican capitalists all air ubber-liberal left wing dribble to show America how stupid libs really are! I mean, who can watch more than 5 minutes of MSNBC without coming to this conclusion? You have to be braindead to buy into those lies.
  
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- hauschild
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:38pm
  “The “owners” are ALL capitalists and mostly Republicans.”
  
  First: Show me some evidence.
  
  Second: If the “owners” as you say are “mostly” Republicans, then why are such a high percentage of their employees pushing a liberal agenda? In your world, wouldn’t that “upset” the “boss”???
  
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- NHwinter
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:45pm
  Soros’s money sure has been obvious and he certainly isn’t a Republican or Capitalist.
  
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- Mike N
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:54pm
  You’re correct that most of the media ownership is conservative, however, I think the liberal bias is born out of another root cause.
  
  Most of the audience of mass media prefers to be spoon fed their news, and is intellectually lazy. Being generally quicker to embrace the utopian ideals of the liberals, the watchers, listeners and readers of mass media seldom think deeply enough to realize that Utopia and Human Nature cannot coexist . . . the pragmatic view of conservatives, that we are better off striving for self-imposed order, is far more enlightened, and because of its perceived simplicity, is regarded by liberals as ignorant, and not enlightened at all.
  
  Mass media embraces the Utopian goals because those are easiest for their lemming audience to understand and embrace, thus maximizing the size of their audience. Unless and until that audience challenges the media messages on a broader basis than it does today, the media output will remain unchanged.
  
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- smithclar3nc3
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:01pm
  I’m agree trolltrainer, The republican all air this leftist tripe on outlets like MSNBC to show the true ignorance of the argument on the left. I mean only a brain dead nimrod could even fall those mindless ramblings. The down side is that there are some that are stupid enough to believe it. I guess Republicans didn’t count on there being that many morons watching MSNBC…..LOL
  
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- loriann12
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:01pm
  Capitalist and Republican don’t neccessarily go together. Just because one is a Capitalist, doesn’t make one a Republican. They can be Capitalists as far as they themselves are concerned, and then kick the ladder out so no one else can achieve what they did. That’s what a limosine liberal is. They believe in Capitalism as long as it makes them money, but don’t want anyone else to have any money. They believe there is a limited supply of money and too many people to share it with. Republican Capitalists don’t kick the ladder out, and may actually help someone get to a higher ground financially.
  
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- sWampy
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:44pm
  Republicans don’t have anything to do with capitalism, they are all about freedom, it just so happens if you allow your citizens to be free, capitalism blossoms, enslave your people free markets wither and die.
  
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- Bluebonnet
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:52pm
  Yup! All business owners must be Capitalists. Who wants to risk everything to be in business if you’re not trying to make some money? duh! We used to own a business and one day some employees were complaining about “all the money we make” and I asked if any one of them were willing to risk all the pit-falls owning a business?
  Were they willing to put up every dime they had, to risk losing their home, were they willing to pay enormous taxes, to pay auditors & tax accountants each year to get insurance in the event of job failure or wrong bidding? Funny, they had never thought of the risks we took daily to keep them working and one wrong move could have closed our doors and the loss of their jobs. Kinda like shoe on other foot, until you realize what you’re saying.
  
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- TRVTH
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:53pm
  Ever hear of Ted Turner, not all owners are conservative
  
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- gman70
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:10pm
  Actually most of the major media outlets are owned by Jews.
  
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Drum Man
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:27pm
What’s Television?

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ginger100
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:27pm
I knew it, Anderson Cooper is an alien

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- smithclar3nc3
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:30pm
  This book is a follow-up from his previous series of crap everyone already knows
  Like THE OCEAN IS WET AND DEEP
  BRICKS ARE HEAVY
  and lets not forget the classics STUFF COST MORE NORE THAN IT DID 40 YEARS AGO
  and CARS GET BETTER MILEAGE GOING DOWN HILL
  
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- NHwinter
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:47pm
  It couldn’t be any more full of crap than Al Gore’s books and movies!!
  
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- Zwolle
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:03pm
  @SmithClar3nc3 – LMAO!!! Ya went and made me spit a tomato seed on my screen!
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:22pm
  Just have to look at all the loons that bought into Gore’s Crap..
  How else can you sell, Littering our Landscape with Windmills
  and Solar Panels, Gore / Obama’s Legacy…………
  Bet Lady Bird Johnson is turning over in her grave..
  America The Beautiful ???
  
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LibertyMama
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:25pm
I certainly don’t dispute his findings, but how did he conduct the scientific study. What method did he use? The article points to all his findings (which any intelligent adult already knows), but tell me HOW he came to this conclusion.

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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:26pm
  Beck told him, end of study.
  
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- Viet Vet
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:00pm
  READ the book!!!
  
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- KPEdwards
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:44pm
  Doing a cursory glance at his methods (looking into how he defines left and right – his PQ test he mentions), it’s all bull. Whether you believe his findings are true or not, don’t use this bunk to sway your opinion.
  
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frongjumping
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:24pm
“If you’re looking for bias, you’re not going to find it in false statements…the way that the media perpetrates bias is usually in what they don’t report.”

Exactly. That’s why I watch Beck – he lets us know about the important stuff that’s REALLY going on out there that the major news outlets won’t tell you about, sometimes not even Fox. Bias of omission is the most insidious kind of bias out there, because people don’t even realize they’re being duped.

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- wesleyapril
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:40pm
  There is a certain point where you have to question Fox – Remember that Saudi, Muslim, prince controls a great percentage of the station/network – you think they are going to report the truth on Islam?
  
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- JQPublic
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:53pm
  It seems that whenever I “discuss” with my liberal friends various current events in the news I hear, “where did you read that” or “I never heard that”.
  It may be bias, it may just be laziness.
  I’m sure it’s been around a lot longer but the lack of reporting stories really seemed to kick into high gear during Clinton’s term. The press used to laugh at how the White House was trying to manipulate them, and yet it would never be followed up on. They would just report what they were told.
  
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- Zer0
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 1:16pm
  @JQPublic,
  
  Exactly!!! It’s not that my Progressive friends and family go about espousing falsehoods as much as they are simply unaware of much of the news, even though many of these friends and family members supposedly watch the news. Most of them do not not know who George Soros is (yet they know who the Koch brothers are), they do not know about the New Black Panther voter intimidation case, Operation Fast and Furious, The War in Libya (even though they oppose the Iraq and Afghan wars) Obama’s oil deals with Brazil and Columbia using our tax dollars, the EPA’s growing intrusiveness, Agenda 21, the Debt Ceiling Debate, etc, etc, etc.
  
  Furthermore, my Progressive friends and family think if the debt ceiling is not raised Social Security checks will not go out, Tax Credits = Tax Cuts, Paul Ryan’s budget will affect seniors TODAY (instead only those under 55), Revenue is NOT the same thing as Taxes, the Republicans have controlled the House of Representatives for the last 10-15 years, and Barack Obama is their secular Messiah while George Bush is their secular Satan.
  
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- Blue Collar Conservative
  Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:58am
  @zero & jqpublic
  That’s exactly my experience. It’s scary, they’re ignorant of the facts and vote anyway, and bingo, B.O.is POTUS.
  
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smithclar3nc3
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:22pm
This book is a follow-up from his previous series of crap everyone already knows
Like THE OCEAN IS WET AND DEEP
BRICKS ARE HEAVY
and lets not forget the classic STUFF COST MORE NORE THAN IT DID 40 YEARS AGO

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fatjack
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:21pm
Just wait…..the media is only been limbering up to give us more RINOs i.e. Perry, Romney, Huntsman. Those will be our only choice. I bet all three are part of the bilderberg group and the building blocks of the Global community.

The one world government is not overseas.

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cookcountypatriot
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:21pm
so the question is whos the fool?? the fool or the fool that follows??? hmmmmmm

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Attention2Detail
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:20pm
Though this has been obvious for years, I’m curious how he scientifically proved it. Since right and left are both subjective terms it seems difficult to objectively prove bias. I guess I’ll just have to read the book.

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- DrFrost
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:34pm
  I was wondering the same thing. I honestly don’t know how a news organization can avoid bias. Just in selecting what news to cover and what news not to cover, you show a bias. I expect there to be a New York Times on one end and a Washington Times on the other….
  
  What I don’t understand is how the liberals, which I would estimate at roughly half the population, got control of so many of the news outlets.
  
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- Attention2Detail
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:11pm
  Just checked out the good Dr’s web site and took his Political Quotient Survey. Using the scientific method is only valid if your premises are proven and his are subjective. Still better than the global climate change science, but not solid. While I agree with his conclusion, I can’t endorse his method. That truth thing sure can be inconvenient at times, but it’s always your best bet.
  
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LadyIzShy
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:17pm
and this is news? NOPE sorry I have known this for YEARS and its only getting worse

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- HKS
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:28pm
  I suppose only the brain dead need a study to see what is going on, just open your eyes, it’s a lot cheaper and more accurate.
  
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dontbotherme
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:16pm
Duh

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Docrow
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:16pm
Don’t mess with TEXAS!

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jdawg
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:15pm
Just look at the examples on Newsbusters every day. It’s no wonder most see the media as corrupt and biased.

http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-spokane/mainstream-media-declares-jihad-against-truth-and-the-tea-party

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- riverdog1
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:56pm
  newsbusters is one of the most biased sits on the internet. its great if you love to be lied to.
  
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Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:15pm
It’s not enough to read these stories on TheBlaze, etc. We all need to do our own homework. Check out: http://www.deliberatedumbingdown.com/pages/pdf_downloads.html

And go to Youtube and search for any and all interviews with Charlotte Iserbyt. She is at the heart of exposing what went so very wrong in American education. This was also done in the media, and through ‘tax-exempt’ foundations.

Educate yourself. No one else has as much at stake as you do.

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landonh5
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:15pm
Somehow I told you so just doesn’t quite cut it. -Spooner aka Will Smith in iRobot.

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TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:14pm
Well, I’m pretty sure thinking people don’t need this study for proof; but whatever.

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don young
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:12pm
Thats why we don,t watch there programs or read there newspapers.

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JQPublic
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:12pm
It used to be that people went into journalism to find the truth, now it’s to change the world.

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the hawk
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:09pm
tHIS IS SO TRUE! 5 yrs ago my parents turned off their cable tv ! Before then we almost agreed on most things political ………now WE cant talk about it ,Their on medicare and Tea-Repubs are Evil !
MY mom watches Pbs News hour and Charlie Roads? or somethin like that. their drinkin’ the cool aide! I told them I’D Rather live under a tree, than let this gov, sell my kids into SLAVERY ! ! ! !
Stop this GENERATIONAL THEIFT NOW………VOT HELL NO ON THIS BILL(THEIFT) ! ! ! ! !

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- BIGJAYINPA
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:15pm
  No kidding?? We spent how much money to study and prove what anyone with an IQ above room temprature already knows??? Why don’t we just fund a study to see if the Earth is round?? It would make just as much sense…Just sayin’
  
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- trolltrainer
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:21pm
  Sheesh people,
  
  There = is a place. Over there.
  
  Their = shows possession. It was the word Don Young wanted.
  
  They’re = they are. I think this was what The Hawk was shooting for…
  
  Not to pee in your punch bowl, but…Grammar much?
  
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- tifosa
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:53pm
  c’mon TT, you’re taking all the fun out of reading the theblaze comments (and HuffingtonPost readers will have less to comment about ;) Next you’ll be spouting the “i before e” rules. Lighten up :P
  
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- the hawk
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:56pm
  TROLLTRAINER,
  tHANK YOU FOR THE REVIEW !
  I was watching the news and helping my 4 yr old trace his numbers .
  I will pay closer attention in the future !
  
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ProbIemSoIver
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:08pm
Lets not forget that it is not only these main-stream outlets news programing, it is also all of their Movies, Soaps, Prime-Time Shows, Sit-Coms, Commercials, etc., that indoctrinate the masses. It is not just the NEWS programming that is Biased.

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- nptden
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:20pm
  Wake up. The Marxists have taken over our educational system and media. Discovery, History Channel has been slanted to their propaganda. The Movies have been doing it for years. It’s now a war of attrition. Just like Hitler did with the Hitler Jugen, these Commies have done with our children, using ‘social’ rights, green energy. Remember when Al Gore told the kids, don’t listen to your parents. Even technology is entrapping people. Google, Facebook and others are tracking tools. And they thought the Gestapo was good.
  
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- OleCrusty
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:25pm
  That’s right Prob…
  And don’t think for a second that the “other side” has not completed (or forged) its own similar study indicating how biased the very media we call left leaning, they call right leaning, is. It remains crucial to not allow the wool to be pulled over our eyes AT ALL TIMES and turn up our sensitivity to BS whenever and wherever we encounter it. It is imperative to use all sources for news today not just the ones that we find agreeable most of the time.
  
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- smithclar3nc3
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:39pm
  Yeah pretty much gave up on Hollywood years ago……They’re tools for the elite socialist progressive
  watched V for vendetta and 2/3 through the story they finally said the tyrannical government was the conservative. But if you look in real society 90% of all laws that intrude on people’s personal freedom are written and passed under liberal progressive and liberal progressive are the party that want the government to control every little aspect of society Conservative are the opposite wanting less government more freedom. That was the last time I ever spent money to see anything at the threater.
  I still watch the occassional movie for free but Hollywood got their last dollar from me that day.
  
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- Viet Vet
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 2:22pm
  All one needs to know is that conservatives are for allowing citizens to own firearms and leftists aren’t. That tells it all.
  
  Fear a politician, political party, or government, that fears an armed citizenry.
  
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- mokeyjoe
  Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:47pm
  @VIET VET
  Amen to that!
  
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Marcobob69
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:06pm
He had better be careful, that kind of language in La La Land is frowned upon! He may mysteriously lose his job for having an opinion like that!!!

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- MidWestMom
  Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:25pm
  Daring to state the obvious will result in a massive smear campaign against him. The denials, distortions & “dirt” are already being made up. He’s been added to “the list”.
  
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cntrlfrk
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:03pm
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Don’t look for any future funding for studies like this, Mr. Groseclose.

You will be silenced.

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