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Originally posted by bilmore
I'm curious about the parameters of the measurement in that study.
One can choose stories to write, and stories not to write, and then write the chosen ones up with an entirely neutral tone, but yet still not be neutral. If, say, the NYT wrote fifty stories about bombs and killings, and none about Iraq public support, or rebuilt power plants, how would that fit into this study? If the chosen stories didn't seem to contain any tilt, or underlying tone, would that count as "neutral"? I suspect it would.
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Does the same skepticism apply to the finding that Club cited?
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How many stories did you see about the reopening of all the schools?
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Quite a few.
But I wouldn't trade an American teenager's life for an Iraqi school, so I don't see the driving need to be "even-handed" on that coverage.
