Who's the fairest of them all? An empirical test for partisan bias on ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox News.(SYMPOSIUM: THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESS)(Critical ... article from: Presidential Studies Quarterly
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From the author: While accusations of media bias have long been a staple of partisan discourse, a number of issues have generally undermined their scholarly validity. While some have unearthed specific instances of biased story construction or patterns of bias in news content, these examples tend to be undermined by the inherent subjectivity of defining "bad" news. Moreover, these studies are generally unable to test for selection bias because they cannot observe the characteristics of stories that were not selected for broadcast. This study is designed to overcome these problems and allow for a more comprehensive test for detecting bias in television news. In particular, this study examines coverage of presidential approval polls on Fox News's flagship news program, Special Report, as well as on ABC's, CBS's, and NBC's evening newscasts over the last decade. The results provide substantial evidence for bias in the news choices across the four news outlets, although somewhat surprisingly, the results are stronger for some of the networks than for Fox.
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Title: Who's the fairest of them all? An empirical test for partisan bias on ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox News.(SYMPOSIUM: THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESS)(Critical essay)
Author: Tim Groeling
Publication:Presidential Studies Quarterly (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2008
Publisher: Center for the Study of the Presidency
Volume: 38 Issue: 4 Page: 631(27)
Article Type: Critical essay
Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
From the author: While accusations of media bias have long been a staple of partisan discourse, a number of issues have generally undermined their scholarly validity. While some have unearthed specific instances of biased story construction or patterns of bias in news content, these examples tend to be undermined by the inherent subjectivity of defining "bad" news. Moreover, these studies are generally unable to test for selection bias because they cannot observe the characteristics of stories that were not selected for broadcast. This study is designed to overcome these problems and allow for a more comprehensive test for detecting bias in television news. In particular, this study examines coverage of presidential approval polls on Fox News's flagship news program, Special Report, as well as on ABC's, CBS's, and NBC's evening newscasts over the last decade. The results provide substantial evidence for bias in the news choices across the four news outlets, although somewhat surprisingly, the results are stronger for some of the networks than for Fox.
Citation Details
Title: Who's the fairest of them all? An empirical test for partisan bias on ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox News.(SYMPOSIUM: THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESS)(Critical essay)
Author: Tim Groeling
Publication:Presidential Studies Quarterly (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2008
Publisher: Center for the Study of the Presidency
Volume: 38 Issue: 4 Page: 631(27)
Article Type: Critical essay
Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
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