From: "Mark" 


"Gene McAloon"  wrote: I think you
are confusing editorial and/or columnist stuff with reporting.

Nope.

Coincidentally enough, I found this this morning:
http://www.yale.edu/isps/seminars/american_pol/groseclose.pdf
They research only hard news using citations chosen by the news
organizations as they compare to those used by Congress to determine their
weighting.

And of course, you recall ABCs political unit summing it up (confessing, if
you will) nicely a few months back:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/TheNote/TheNote_Feb1004.html
"Like every other institution, the Washington and political press
corps operate with a good number of biases and predilections. They include,
but are not limited to, a near-universal shared sense that liberal
political positions on social issues like gun control, homosexuality,
abortion, and religion are the default, while more conservative positions
are "conservative positions.""

Surely you didn't miss this overview:
http://www.mediaresearch.org/SpecialReports/2004/report063004_p1.asp
"Leading journalists may deny their bias, but every survey over the
past 25 years shows journalists do not think or vote like the American
public. Reporters overwhelmingly vote for Democrats, their views on issues
such as abortion and gay rights are well to the left of most Americans, and
large majorities want big government even more involved in the economy.
Here's all the evidence of their liberal views..."

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