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The Media: Bias Right and Left!

Blog submitted by hugetim on Sat 21 Aug 2004 - 22:26 h

The recent controversy regarding Deal Hudson, editor of the conservative (not necessarily to be mistaken for "orthodox") Catholic publication Crisis, draws our attention once again to the question of the influence of the news media and other media. What a complicated and extremely important question it is. For now, I offer only some resources for your consideration.

Media Matters points out conservative bias in the news.
Accuracy in Media promotes the more familiar claim of liberal bias.
Annenberg Political Fact Check reveals falsehoods in political advertisements in an admirably balanced way.

Did you know the Church has been active in critiquing the media, in the more general sense?
Also check out Noam Chomsky's provacative discussion of the news media.

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