Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site randvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!randvax!rohn From: rohn@randvax.UUCP (Laurinda Rohn) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Re: To tim sevener re media bias Message-ID: <2336@randvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Mar-85 13:48:54 EST Article-I.D.: randvax.2336 Posted: Thu Mar 7 13:48:54 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Mar-85 07:35:45 EST References: <700@decwrl.UUCP> <498@whuxl.UUCP> <2329@randvax.UUCP> <316@talcott.UUCP> Organization: Rand Corp., Santa Monica Lines: 28 > > No, you haven't proved that there is a conservative bias in the press. > > Think about it for a minute. Who determines what candidates will be > > endorsed by a paper? The reporters? Not hardly. Even the editor? > > Not usually. Who? The publisher and/or owner! Now, what sorts of > > people are they? Well, they often tend to be rather well off financially. > > And what party do "The Rich" traditionally belong to? Republican, yes? > > So what candidates are the publisher/owners going to have their papers > > endorse? Do they care much about how their staff feels? Not often. > > The fact is that an overwhelming percentage of the nation's reporters, > > those who actually cover the news, are liberals and/or Democrats. > ... > > Lauri > > This is not necessarily a good model for Republicans and/or conservatives. > For example, Harvard is very wealthy and very liberal, while Mississippi > is very poor and very conservative. Certainly the liberal New York Times > overfloweth with cash. > --- > Greg Kuperberg Please note the qualifiers in my statements. I did not say all wealthy people are Republicans, but that that is a tendency. My point was that just because newspapers endorse conservative candidates doesn't mean that the majority of the reporters and editors are conservatives or that there is a "conservative bias" in the way they report news. The publisher/ owner is the one who endorses, not the staff. Lauri