Re: A "deep" look at media bias

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or another spin on that topic is that whether it is supposed left- (or right) wing media bias, I have never seen an article that addresses the more fundamental issue that most media space is devoted to "statism" (as compared with your word "politics") where almost every "news" item is "the government did THIS today..." or the government passed THAT law today" or the government sued that business today."  Indeed sometimes, no matter what the issue, someone from the government is asked for a comment, as if the news item was "The government had this to say about that...."!  Sometimes I pick up the newspaper and almost every article is simply telling the reader what the government (e.g. politicians) said or did about various issues. (even sports?!?!?) The government did this about a tax for another stadium...;  The government said this about big sports salaries;  It is very depressing.  I've devoted a couple of webpages to the problem  http://members.ij.net/rex/media.html http://members.ij.net/rex/mediapoint.html I also think that the problem you describe is proof that government schools violate the first amendment free of press and speech because government schools not only destroy the market in education, government schools create statists, and the news media are examples.  http://members.ij.net/rex/schoolsmedia.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Aschwin de Wolf To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 9:27 AM Subject: A "deep" look at media bias Hello list,   Much has been written about left- (or right) wing media bias but I have never seen an article that addresses the more fundamental issue whether the amount of space papers (or the tv networks) devote to politics as such reflects the average reader's interest in politics. Why do we not see more (frontpage) news about health, personal finance, science etc?