{"id":5346,"date":"2011-08-01T19:25:35","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T23:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=5346"},"modified":"2011-08-01T19:25:35","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T23:25:35","slug":"study-all-major-news-outlets-have-left-leaning-bias-that-%e2%80%98distorts%e2%80%99-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/08\/study-all-major-news-outlets-have-left-leaning-bias-that-%e2%80%98distorts%e2%80%99-minds.html","title":{"rendered":"STUDY: ALL MAJOR NEWS OUTLETS HAVE LEFT-LEANING BIAS THAT \u2018DISTORTS\u2019 MINDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Story Highlights:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>UCLA political scientist Dr. Tim Groseclose pens new book about liberal media bias<\/li>\n<li>Groseclose claims he has scientifically proven that mainstream outlets are biased<\/li>\n<li>Liberal media bias, he says, impacts Americans\u2019 perspectives on important issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"float: left\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freakonomics.com\/2011\/07\/Leftturn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"109\" height=\"166\" \/>Charges of media bias have existed for years. Explicit examples \u2014 and there are many \u2014 showcase journalists\u2019 inability to hide personal perspective. But, are the mainstream media biased on the whole? Many would answer affirmatively.<\/p>\n<p>In America, conservatives tend to believe that national outlets favor Democratic candidates and politicians over their Republican counterparts. But, can this be proven?\u00a0UCLA political scientist\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.polisci.ucla.edu\/people\/faculty-pages\/timothy-groseclose\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Tim Groseclose<\/a>\u00a0says \u201cyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his new book,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shop.cbn.com\/cbn\/item.Left-Turn-How-Liberal-Media-Bias-Distorts-the-American-Mind-.9780312555931.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Left Turn \u2014 How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind<\/a>, Groseclose not only sets out to showcase that the media are biased, but he also seeks to expose the profound influence liberal bias has had on the American public. Below,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbn.com\/cbnnews\/politics\/2011\/July\/Liberal-Media-Taking-America-on-a-Left-Turn\/\" target=\"_blank\">CBN sheds light<\/a>\u00a0on some of his findings:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8211; All mainstream news outlets in the United States have a liberal bias.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Drudge Report is the most fair, balanced and centrist news outlet in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Fox News\u2019 \u201cSpecial Report,\u201d which is usually characterized as conservative, is not biased as far right as typical mainstream outlets are biased to the left.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can read the rest of his opinion piece\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2011\/jul\/26\/pernicious-effects-of-media-bias\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Below, watch Groseclose discuss his research:<\/p>\n<p>See the video and read more:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/study-all-major-news-outlets-have-left-leaning-bias-that-distorts-minds\/\">http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/study-all-major-news-outlets-have-left-leaning-bias-that-distorts-minds\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story Highlights: UCLA political scientist Dr. Tim Groseclose pens new book about liberal media bias Groseclose claims he has scientifically proven that mainstream outlets are biased Liberal media bias, he says, impacts Americans\u2019 perspectives on important issues Charges of media bias have existed for years. Explicit examples \u2014 and there are many \u2014 showcase journalists\u2019&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":403,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1474,1361,1344,256,344,1925,435,1331,1367,701,463,1867,503,1502,1680,1498,1354,1620,1430,251,68,450,678,6,434,429,806],"tags":[1981,1984,1983,798,1982,1011,1985,1986],"class_list":["post-5346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abuse-and-abusers","category-anti-christian-bias","category-attacks-from-the-left-on-the-righteous","category-brainwashing","category-bullying","category-character-assassination","category-communism","category-conservative","category-deceptions-and-lies","category-democrats","category-elections","category-evil-plot","category-free-speech","category-godlessness","category-injustice","category-insanity","category-liberals","category-moral-decline","category-news-2","category-persecution","category-political-correctness","category-politics","category-presidential-candidates","category-press-bias","category-propaganda","category-society","category-warning","tag-bias","tag-dr-tim-groseclose","tag-drudge-report","tag-fox-news","tag-left-turn--how-liberal-media-bias-distorts-the-american-mind","tag-mainstream-media","tag-scientific-proof","tag-ucla-professor"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>STUDY: ALL MAJOR NEWS OUTLETS HAVE LEFT-LEANING BIAS THAT \u2018DISTORTS\u2019 MINDS - Watchwoman on the Wall<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/08\/study-all-major-news-outlets-have-left-leaning-bias-that-\u2018distorts\u2019-minds.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"STUDY: ALL MAJOR NEWS OUTLETS HAVE LEFT-LEANING BIAS THAT \u2018DISTORTS\u2019 MINDS - Watchwoman on the Wall\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Story Highlights: UCLA political scientist Dr. Tim Groseclose pens new book about liberal media bias Groseclose claims he has scientifically proven that mainstream outlets are biased Liberal media bias, he says, impacts Americans\u2019 perspectives on important issues Charges of media bias have existed for years. 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