Interesting media bias chart
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The larger picture is pretty clear. Except for basically the WSJ and Fox, nearly all mainstream media outlets are somewhere on the left half. Not surprising at all, we knew this, but still.
@89th said in Interesting media bias chart:
The larger picture is pretty clear. Except for basically the WSJ and Fox, nearly all mainstream media outlets are somewhere on the left half. Not surprising at all, we knew this, but still.
I'd say that the vertical axis is more important than the horizontal one.
I was only joking
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@89th said in Interesting media bias chart:
The larger picture is pretty clear. Except for basically the WSJ and Fox, nearly all mainstream media outlets are somewhere on the left half. Not surprising at all, we knew this, but still.
I'd say that the vertical axis is more important than the horizontal one.
@doctor-phibes Good point. Someone should add a Z axis to include how many people consume from each outlet.
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@89th said in Interesting media bias chart:
The larger picture is pretty clear. Except for basically the WSJ and Fox, nearly all mainstream media outlets are somewhere on the left half. Not surprising at all, we knew this, but still.
I'd say that the vertical axis is more important than the horizontal one.
@doctor-phibes said in Interesting media bias chart:
@89th said in Interesting media bias chart:
The larger picture is pretty clear. Except for basically the WSJ and Fox, nearly all mainstream media outlets are somewhere on the left half. Not surprising at all, we knew this, but still.
I'd say that the vertical axis is more important than the horizontal one.
Thank you, that was going to be my point as well.
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@jolly said in Interesting media bias chart:
Nah. Anything that places hyper-partisan NBC that close to the middle is not to be trusted.
I was going to say the same thing about the Daily Mail.
@doctor-phibes said in Interesting media bias chart:
@jolly said in Interesting media bias chart:
Nah. Anything that places hyper-partisan NBC that close to the middle is not to be trusted.
I was going to say the same thing about the Daily Mail.
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I would agree with you. -
As others have noted too many ankle biters and the analysis would be more interesting with the bigger players.
That said it appears a significant population doesn’t get their news through any of these channels but rather the podcasters and others from the bunker. Yeah they quote the traditional big boys to make a rhetorical point but the sources are typically none of those in the graph.
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I find the inclusion of Real Clear a little odd. They are a poll and opinion aggregator. Their front page is a quick review of the relevant polls and links to contrary opinion pieces on whatever the political news story of the day is.
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It seems a bit like the wild west of the late 19th and early 20th century when newspapers were cheap, plentiful and competing for readers. What is sought is not truth but eyeballs - nothing surprising but a shame. Outrage is a key motivator to garner both viewer/readership and loyalty. In some cases this results in very talented people aiming at the wrong target and in other instances not-so-talented people just spewing regurgitated garbage.
The notion of media "educating" their audience on an issue is transformed into the media feeding meat to pre-existing biases - which is sad and unfortunate. I like thoughtful arguments made that challenge my pre-existing assumptions though it reminds me of an incident with a long-ago girlfriend. We were discussing a now forgotten subject when she stopped mid conversation to say, "See, now don't you want a more compliant woman to be there for you - one who will agree with you? Smart, strong willed women are a pain." I answered, "No, that's not what I want. I want a smart, strong willed woman who agrees with me so that she can argue my opinions for me when I'm not present."
We watch films and tv shows that align with our view of what we wish would happen and enjoy listening to articulate people who agree with us and support our views of the world with palisades of cogent evidence.
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Anything that places Quillette below CNN should be pretty much ignored. This chart itself should be just beside Medias Touch.
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Anything that places Quillette below CNN should be pretty much ignored. This chart itself should be just beside Medias Touch.
@aqua-letifer said in Interesting media bias chart:
Anything that places Quillette below CNN should be pretty much ignored. This chart itself should be just beside Medias Touch.
But Quillette is part of the Intellectual Dark Web!
