Poll: Bias 'alive and well' in press

DeeJayH · 03-16-07, 04:06 PM

Poll: Bias 'alive and well' in press*-*Nation/Politics*-*The Washington Times, America's Newspaper

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Sentiment is strong: 83 percent of likely voters think bias is "alive and well." Of that number, 64 percent said the press leans left, while slightly more than a quarter -- 28 percent -- said there was a conservative bias.
Naturally, there's a partisan divide, and a pronounced one. Among Republican respondents, 97 percent said the press was liberal. Two-thirds of political independents agreed with them, with less than a quarter of the independents -- 23 percent -- saying there was a conservative bias.
Democratic respondents revealed a spectrum of perceptions.
"Democrats, while much more likely to perceive a conservative bias than any other group, were not nearly as sure the media was against them as were the Republicans," the survey said. "While Republicans were unified in their perception of left-wing media, just two-thirds of Democrats were certain the media skewed right -- and 17 percent said the bias favored the left."

no surprise here

duretti · 03-16-07, 04:43 PM

Basically: If we define the left as an extreme right wing (by international standards or those of the US population as exhibited by polls) political party such as the US democrats, then we can demonstrate a left wing bias in the media. Brilliant.

DeeJayH · 03-16-07, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by duretti

Basically: If we define the left as an extreme right wing (by international standards or those of the US population as exhibited by polls) political party such as the US democrats, then we can demonstrate a left wing bias in the media. Brilliant.

the US dems are left and extreme right?
maybe you should clarify this brilliant post

duretti · 03-16-07, 05:07 PM

^ They are extreme right, not left - at least by the standards of political parties in most of the west or the US population as exhibited by polls.

DeeJayH · 03-16-07, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by duretti

^ They are extreme right, not left - at least by the standards of political parties in most of the west or the US population as exhibited by polls.

guess you are from another country and new to US politics
here in the states
Republicans/Conservatives are Right wing
Democrats/Liberals are Left wing

enjoy the DebatePolitics.com with this additional knowledge

duretti · 03-16-07, 10:27 PM

Sigh...

I am from another country, but I am by no means new to american politics. I am quite aware that the democrats are (ever so slightly) to the left of the republicans. This does not change the fact that they are on the extreme right by international standards, when compared to the US population (as expressed by polls) or any objective standard of politics.

See, the operative word is "liberal" - liberalism being the ideology of capitalism and as such a great enemy of the left.

DeeJayH · 03-17-07, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by duretti

Sigh...

I am from another country, but I am by no means new to american politics. I am quite aware that the democrats are (ever so slightly) to the left of the republicans. This does not change the fact that they are on the extreme right by international standards, when compared to the US population (as expressed by polls) or any objective standard of politics.

See, the operative word is "liberal" - liberalism being the ideology of capitalism and as such a great enemy of the left.

interesting point of view
but I do believe you are wrong about the 'compared to the US population' part

Renald · 03-18-07, 11:45 AM

I have only been in the country a short time, and I can tell you that the difference between right, and left, is hardly just a "slight difference"

DeeJayH · 03-18-07, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Renald

I have only been in the country a short time, and I can tell you that the difference between right, and left, is hardly just a "slight difference"

hmmm

pro-life vs pro-choice
cradle to grave entitlements vs personal responsibility and charity
big government vs limited govt
weak military vs strong military
high taxes vs low taxes
.........

if these are the slight differences here, what are teh more extreme examples of them

Inuyasha · 03-18-07, 08:33 PM

I understand what Duretti is saying and what DeeJay is saying. I have lived extensively under both systems and find that our misunderstanding come from semantics more than political ideology. Just the terms "liberal" and "conservative" cause a problem because in Europe, for example, the two words don't mean the same as they mean in the US. Before we can really talk we need to define our terms or misunderstanding will just continue.

Compared to most other countries the US has been a conservative country since the Spanish American war. Europe on the other hand has experimented "liberally" with many forms of government from so-called left wing "Euro Socialism to extreme right wing forms like Fascism. I believe it is a historical moment and no more. When a country needs to change it does or it ceases to be a nation or it becomes dominated by other nations.