Left Leanings in the Newsroom

The potential for bias in the news that you and I might consume is reported by the Christian Science Monitor:

According to a new survey, only 12 percent of local reporters, editors, and media executives are self-described conservatives, while twice as many call themselves liberal. At national news organizations, the gap is even wider - 7 percent conservative vs. 34 percent liberal.

Fun quote from the opinion editor at the San Jose Merc:

"We should acknowledge that maybe the biggest problem is that most of us think too much alike and come from the same backgrounds. . .Find the pro-lifers in a newsroom. That's harder than finding Waldo."

And on the topic of God:

. . .while about 60 percent of Americans say morality and a belief in God are inexorably linked, only 6 percent of national journalists and executives surveyed believe that.

And on the confidence that John and Jane Q. Public have in the media:

Gallup also found TV news and daily papers near the bottom - on par with Congress and labor unions - in its ranking of public confidence in US institutions.

Folks, media bias isn't a story, it's a fact.