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Bewijs van Liberale Media - waarom kunnen niet de mensen het overweldigende bewijsmateriaal goedkeuren?
25 Mei 2004 -- Voeg deze post aan del.icio.us toeBron: Het Onderzoekscentrum van de bank
Het onderzoekscentrum van de Bank Voor de Mensen en de Pers heeft een nieuw overzicht van „547 nationale en lokale verslaggevers, producenten, redacteurs, en stafmedewerkers over het land.“ Het vindt, zoals te verwachten, dat de journalisten veel liberaler zijn dan het grote publiek (de Bank onderzocht afzonderlijk de laatstgenoemden). De sectie over „Waarden en de Pers“ vindt dat slechts 7% van nationale journalisten „zich conservatief beschreef,“ vergelijkbaar geweest met 33% van het publiek. Vierendertig percent van nationale journalisten riep zich „,“ versus liberaal enkel 20% van het publiek. Een meerderheid van nationale journalisten (54%) riep zich „gematigd,“ terwijl 41% van het publiek.
In some ways, though, journalists are even more liberal when compared with the general public than these numbers would indicate. Pew asked three specific questions to gauge journalists’ social views:
Is belief in God necessary to be moral?
Should homosexuality be accepted or discouraged by society?
What’s more important: that everyone be free to pursue his goals without government interference, or that the government guarantee no one is in need?
On the first two of these questions, the views of self-described moderate journalists were far to the left of the public’s:
———————————————-Public—Cons. journos—Mod. journos
Belief in God necessary——————58%———-26%————–12%
Belief in God unnecessary—————40%———-72%————–85%
Accept homosexuality———————51%———-49%————–84%
Discourage homosexuality————–42%———-40%————–8%
Self-described liberal journalists were nearly unanimous on both questions, with only 3% saying belief in God is necessary to be moral and 2% saying homosexuality should be discouraged.
In addition, 55% of national journalists say they think the press is “not critical enough” of President Bush; only 24% of the public agrees. Thirty-four percent of the public thinks the press is “too critical,” vs. a mere 8% of the national press. Thirty-five percent of both groups characterize coverage of the president as “fair.”
Journalists were also asked, “Can you think of any news organizations that are especially liberal?” Among national journalists, 62% said they couldn’t. But 82% said they could think of an organization that is “especially conservative.”
Among both national and local journalists, 68% percent of self described conservatives answered “yes” to each question, while among self-described moderates, 70% could think of a conservative organization and just 40% could think of a liberal one. Among liberals the gap was even greater: 79% could think of a conservative organization and only 24% of a liberal one.
All this suggests that journalists not only are considerably more liberal than the general public but also wish their own coverage were more liberal than it is. No wonder public confidence in the press is suffering.
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