Attitudes twards the media

[jcustis]

I'd offer up one more thing Marc, and it's that I love listening to National Public Radio. Not sure if you've ever heard it up north, but it can be an extremely balanced amount of radio programming that "gets off the beaten path" so to speak, and does a decent job of balancing things out.

I check it out every morning on the way in to work, depending on my car's crappy reception. Even my father, who is hyper-liberal on some matters and hyer-conservative on others, has come around to listening to it for most of the day.

[RTK]

I'd offer up one more thing Marc, and it's that I love listening to National Public Radio. Not sure if you've ever heard it up north, but it can be an extremely balanced amount of radio programming that "gets off the beaten path" so to speak, and does a decent job of balancing things out.

I check it out every morning on the way in to work, depending on my car's crappy reception. Even my father, who is hyper-liberal on some matters and hyer-conservative on others, has come around to listening to it for most of the day.

Even if he can't get it where he is they webcast on their site

[tequila]

+1 on NPR. Anne Garrels is one of the best out of Baghdad. She embeds often - her latest reports on the Baghdad security plan are outstanding.

[Steve Blair]

I'd offer up one more thing Marc, and it's that I love listening to National Public Radio. Not sure if you've ever heard it up north, but it can be an extremely balanced amount of radio programming that "gets off the beaten path" so to speak, and does a decent job of balancing things out.

I check it out every morning on the way in to work, depending on my car's crappy reception. Even my father, who is hyper-liberal on some matters and hyer-conservative on others, has come around to listening to it for most of the day.

There was a study done regarding media bias a couple of years back (don't remember the name offhand, but it was a California university team) that used a comparison between the positions of members of congress (do set baselines for conservative and liberal political viewpoints) and media coverage. The team went to great lengths to remain as impartial as possible (to the point of refusing some funding if memory serves), and came up with some interesting conclusions. Most of the media tested out as left of center (some well left of center), with PBS actually coming out as the most non-biased (NPR and I think the Lehr News Hour were the most balanced) coverage. Fox was right of center, but not as far as most critics seem convinced.

[SWJED]

Here is an UCLA press release concerning the study - provides a decent summary of the study's findings.

[SWJED]

A Measure of Media Bias - not sure but this may be the study Jon referenced.

[Steve Blair]

Here is an UCLA press release concerning the study - provides a decent summary of the study's findings.

Thanks! My Google skills (and most others) are quite fried this morning. With commissioning, field training, PDTs, a classroom exercise, and tons of other junk coming up I'm finding that I have precious little room to breathe these days.

[marct]

Thanks! My Google skills (and most others) are quite fried this morning. With commissioning, field training, PDTs, a classroom exercise, and tons of other junk coming up I'm finding that I have precious little room to breathe these days.

I'm feeling pretty much he same . Yesterday was a very long day but productive - I spent most of the day at RMC. Great people and a productive visit. What with a rehearsal after I got back to Ottawa, it was a long day and I'm slaving away on an online questionnaire right now for another project (with another rehearsal tonight - sigh).

Let me check out that study. Also, the folks at RMC suggested a couple of articles to go after as well. I have the feeling it's a good things I can read quickly...

Marc

[marct]

As a (semi-) postscript to my last message, I hope you folks know how much I appreciate all of the input and advice you are giving me. It's fantastic!

Marc