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'Liberal Media Bias' Inspires Launch of New Blog (this looks good!)
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/8/9/130054.shtml ^ | Aug. 9, 2005 | Jered Ede of CNSNews.com

Posted on 08/09/2005 11:36:36 AM PDT by Maria S

America's most prominent media watchdog plans to launch its own blog on Tuesday with a goal of further exposing and combating the perceived liberal bias in the media.

Newsbusters.org is the latest project of the Media Research Center, which is also the parent organization of Cybercast News Service. The new blog will feature posts by some of the nation's most widely read experts on the issue of media bias, an issue that Michael Chapman, press secretary for the Media Research Center, said "is almost overwhelming."

"Thirty to 40 million viewers are getting news from sources with a liberal bias," Chapman said, referring to the "old media" such as broadcast network giants NBC, CBS, ABC and cable titan CNN.

"This is a huge audience when compared to, say, FOX," Chapman explained. Though such conservative pundits as Bill O'Reilly receive approximately 2.7 million viewers per night, according to Chapman, this is slight compared to the broadcast network news audiences, which reach "20 million people a night" with news that "is supposed to be objective reporting, not commentary."

Concentrating on the news media's treatment of the war, Supreme Court nominations and elections, the blog will seek to answer the question, "Where is the balanced coverage?"

Newsbusters.org hopes to fill a void in the blogosphere, Chapman said, despite the more than 60 million blogs that already exist, according to a report in May in the Blog Herald, an online publication that monitors the activities of blogs.

That number notwithstanding, "this is the first time ever than an established policy research organization has joined hands with some highly respected bloggers to create one site as the clearinghouse for liberal media bias," Chapman said.

Greg and Matthew Sheffield, brothers and founders of Ratherbiased.com, the former blog site devoted to exposing the alleged bias of former CBS News anchorman Dan Rather, were hired by the Media Research Center to manage the blogging content on Newsbusters.org.

"This offers a more instantaneous response to bias that happens," Greg Sheffield told Cybercast News Service.

Blogs have frequently been criticized for the credibility of their published content, but Sheffield said that should not be a concern in the case of Newsbusters.org. The content for the website will come from individuals who have already proven themselves credible in the business of monitoring the media, he said.

Other blogs, Chapman added, "don't have the research, the sources, and the documentation to back up a lot of what they are doing in the same way we can." All posted items, Chapman said, will be properly cited and only come from trusted sources.

The blog's launch Tuesday is part of the Media Research Center's larger "Tell the Truth!" campaign, which challenges journalists in the words of Media Research Center founder L. Brent Bozel III, to "strive for objectivity at all times."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bozell; liberalmedia; mediabias; mrc; weblogs

1 posted on 08/09/2005 11:36:36 AM PDT by Maria S
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To: Maria S; governsleastgovernsbest

FR's own governsleastgovernsbest's Today Show thread will be part of this new blog!


2 posted on 08/09/2005 11:45:36 AM PDT by iceskater ("Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." - Kipling)
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To: Maria S

Been there this morning reading and its good! I also added newsbusters to my RSS feed on thunderbird mail. I think this blog will be a keeper.


3 posted on 08/09/2005 11:46:44 AM PDT by suzyq5558 (Liberals disgust me and fill me with loathing..... foolish people.)
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To: iceskater

man, that must make Katie Couric's day..


4 posted on 08/09/2005 11:47:00 AM PDT by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: Maria S

Brent's group is jumping in? This on top of Barone entering the water should only further strengthen alternative media's domain on the net as the big Three are collapsing on the networks.


5 posted on 08/09/2005 11:47:25 AM PDT by Soul Seeker
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To: ken5050

Maybe that's contributing to why she always looks like she's having a bad day!


6 posted on 08/09/2005 11:48:27 AM PDT by iceskater ("Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." - Kipling)
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To: iceskater; All

Thanks for the plug, ice!

For those wanting to have a look at my inaugural post at Newsbusters, here's a link:

http://newsbusters.org/node/167


7 posted on 08/09/2005 11:49:40 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: iceskater

"perceived liberal bias" ......hahahahhahahaha!!!!!


8 posted on 08/09/2005 11:51:49 AM PDT by DesignerChick
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To: Maria S

Was there early too. Went right in the "favorites" folder.


9 posted on 08/09/2005 11:59:18 AM PDT by BallyBill (..the only quagmire I see is the one the Media is stuck in..)
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To: Maria S

I kinda feel like Freerepublic is just fine... No need to reinvent the wheel.


10 posted on 08/09/2005 12:01:53 PM PDT by KansasConservative1
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Keep me informed!


11 posted on 08/09/2005 12:02:26 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (-I contribute to FR monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS supports Hillary's Secular Sexual Socialism every day.)
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To: All

Tried to go to the Forum, asked to login, but how do you register? Anyone?


12 posted on 08/09/2005 12:05:46 PM PDT by jeffc
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

I'll be glad to. Would you like me to add you to my Free Republic ping list for my Today Show posts? I'll also use it to keep my fellow FReepers updated on developments at NewsBusters.


13 posted on 08/09/2005 12:07:30 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: KansasConservative1
"I kinda feel like Freerepublic is just fine... No need to reinvent the wheel."

FR is THE place to be.

14 posted on 08/09/2005 12:22:38 PM PDT by Indy Pendance
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Aye.


15 posted on 08/09/2005 12:30:10 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (-I contribute to FR monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS supports Hillary's Secular Sexual Socialism every day.)
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To: Maria S

Hey, they could have picked a better name. I think RestoreHonesty.com is now available.


16 posted on 08/09/2005 12:32:55 PM PDT by Sam Hill
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To: Maria S

It's a great website.....newsbuster.......but how does one get a password?


17 posted on 08/09/2005 1:13:36 PM PDT by OldFriend (MERCY TO THE GUILTY IS CRUELTY TO THE INNOCENT ~ Adam Smith)
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