Question 6: Liberal v. Conservative media bias? What do people use as evidence of bias? Is there really any bias?

Question 1

Liberal

Answer 1

Journalists lean left and vote democrat

Question 2

Conservative

Answer 2

Corporate ownership, and publishers and editors are rich.

Question 3

Study by D’Alessio and Allen: Media bias during presidential elections

Answer 3

• Study finds little evidence for a media bias, as a whole
• Individual outlets are bias though
• Claims of ideological bias are too simplistic
  - Values and routines of journalism encourages balanced news coverage
  - Non-ideological bias are pronounced and more influential

Question 4

Hostile Media Phenomenon

Answer 4

People believe the media are hostile to their viewpoint, regardless of what their viewpoint is.