Bong Lover on 15 May 2013
| Kasz216 said: Or to put it another way. The thought that one can be completely free of our subconscious effecting how we perceive and act on stories based on our overt beliefs is more or less the exact opposite of what everything the social sciences tell us about sexism, racism, and why so many many more isms exist and continue to exist through our programming culture. To deny it's the same mechanic in media is to basically to disavow the very premise that people who are of liberal minds socially should internalize. |
This is conjuncture. It is entierly possible that journalists are more aware of their political leanings and overcompensate by actively trying to be nonpartisan. The possible explanation is just as well supported as yours. So I'll say it again, that a majority of journalists lean left does not automatically mean that their reporting will lean left. This is the basic premise of the argument and it is not well documented to be the case.
