If It’s Sunday, It’s Conservative
Description:
The Sunday morning talk shows are where policy makers state their case, the conventional wisdom takes shape, and the left and right in American politics are thought to debate the pressing issues of the day on equal ground. Media Matters for America analyzed ABC’s This Week, CBS’s Face the Nation, and NBC’s Meet the Press shows between 1997 and 2005, and found that conservative voices significantly outnumber progressive voices. From 2001 onward, the imbalance in ideologically-identifiable guests became more pronounced, with 58% Republican/conservative to 42% Democratic/progressive. Links to replies by CBS and NBC can be found here: http://mediamatters.org/.
The Sunday morning talk shows are where policy makers state their case, the conventional wisdom takes shape, and the left and right in American politics are thought to debate the pressing issues of the day on equal ground. Media Matters for America analyzed ABC’s This Week, CBS’s Face the Nation, and NBC’s Meet the Press shows between 1997 and 2005, and found that conservative voices significantly outnumber progressive voices. From 2001 onward, the imbalance in ideologically-identifiable guests became more pronounced, with 58% Republican/conservative to 42% Democratic/progressive. Links to replies by CBS and NBC can be found here: http://mediamatters.org/.
Resource Access:
Available to the General Public
Available to the General Public
Copyright / Creative Commons Status:
Public domain content
Public domain content
Document Source and Bibliographical Information:
Media Matters for America, Feb 14, 2006
Media Matters for America, Feb 14, 2006
