Monday, October 03, 2005

CBS online: bias confirmed


In honor of Hugh Hewitt's ongoing debate with CBS over its alleged bias in listing journo-bloggers, I decided to run the same test on CBS News as I did the MSM at large a few days ago. The results? I laughed. I cried. But it didn't change my opinion much.

Democrat: 81,200
Republican: 65,400
Percentage of articles that mention Democrats, versus percentage that mention Republicans: 55%

Liberal: 11,600
Conservative: 33,400
Percentage of times the subjective label "Conservative" is employed, rather than "Liberal": 74%

Left-wing: 359
Right-wing: 506
Percentage of times the subjective label "Right-wing" is employed, rather than "Left-wing": 58%

The phrase, "CBS - you just got pwnt" comes to mind.

And don't forget to check out the original survey, which appears in much prettier fashion and covers the general print media. Spoiler (shhh, don't tell anyone): the Mediacrats are demonstrably biased.

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