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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (336757)	1/3/2003 12:40:47 AM
From: Rick Slemmer	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

JF: Can I jump in here? The fact is the media is predominantly conservative..... Well, that's not the way MediaResearch.org sees it. Check out the statistics, graphs, admissions and denials on their website. According to them: "The most recent ASNE study surveyed 1,037 newspaper reporters found 61 percent identified themselves as "liberal/Democratic" compared to only 15 percent who identified themselves as "conservative/Republican." (Hmmm. What about the other 24%?) And they have some interesting statistics: "81 percent of the journalists interviewed voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election between 1964 and 1976. "In the 1964 election, 94 percent of the press surveyed voted for President Lyndon Johnson (D) over Senator Barry Goldwater (R). "In 1968, 86 percent of the press surveyed voted for Democrat Senator Hubert Humphrey. "In 1972, when 62 percent of the electorate chose President Richard Nixon, 81 percent of the media elite voted for liberal Democratic Senator George McGovern. "In 1976, the Democratic nominee, Jimmy Carter, captured the allegiance of 81 percent of the reporters surveyed while a mere 19 percent cast their ballots for President Gerald Ford. "Over the 16-year period, the Republican candidate always received less than 20 percent of the media’s vote." secure.mediaresearch.org Comments welcome.