Bias and Balance

Advocates for greater diversity in the press, and scrutinizes media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints.

Conservative group founded to balance alleged liberal bias in the media.

Conservative group dedicated to studying and fighting media bias. Regular features, topical studies, resources for research, and links to similar organizations.

Book by William McGowan asserting that political correctness has corrupted American journalism.

Explores and publicize the extent of censorship in society by locating stories about significant issues which are rarely aired in mainstream media.

A conservative's article discussing ex-CBS reporter Bernard Goldberg's new book "Bias" alleging heavily leftist bias in the media.

Selection of links alleging BBC-Labour bias.

Focuses most of its attention on the UK 'liberal' media, contending that, despite its leftist appearance, the scope and depth of its coverage are circumscribed by commercial considerations.

Aims to dispel myths and stereotypes about Islam and Muslims and to foster bridges of understanding. Its goal is to monitor, analyse, dissect and evaluate distortions fabrications and double standards about Muslims in the mass media in South Africa. It also aims to fight stereotyping through education and by coordinating and developing Muslim media communication efforts in South Africa.

Web editorial on the San Jose Mercury News and what constitutes fair reporting.

Judi Bari's refutation of mainstream press distorting information about Earth First and other activist groups is laid out at the bottom of this editorial page by Jeff Elliott.

Commentary, rants and recommended links.

Committed to the idea that the media can play a role in making those in power accountable to the public.

Articles and links from website that contends media is biased towards support of Republicans and conservative views.

Provides overview and introduction to the book, fact checking right wing polemics, reviews, and activities of the author.

Analyzes what news bias is and how it manifests through real examples and interactive activities. Includes some teaching resources.

Author posits people are brainwashed by the mainstream media. Includes additional articles on politics in Canada and some on the US.

Weblog examining liberal bias in the media.

Aims to halt the Sinclair Broadcast Group from forcing all its affiliates to preempt regular network broadcasts to air an anti-Kerry documentary just before the 2004 election.

How the media has helped politicians and the US government lie about every issue from Iraq to AIDS funding. Editorials and a call to action.

Documentary video about bias and self censorship by media. Narrated by Studs Terkel.

Article on how the corporate media quickly labels Fahrenheit 9/11 as propaganda, yet when politicians and hawks push for war in Iraq somehow the term is never used.

Examines right wing bias in the media.

US Media bias in Iraq War. How US Media believes its patriotic duty is to become the Propaganda Ministers for the Bush Regime.

Aims to stop the Detroit Free Press from continuing its baised reporting against the big three automakers, particularly the Ford Motor Company.

Editorial stating that sometime after 2009, when historians pick through the wreckage left behind by George W. Bush’s administration, they will have to come to grips with the role played by the professional conservative media infrastructure.

Aims at documenting any liberal bias in the coverage of the New York Times. Calls on paper's management to enshrine balanced reporting, or risk forfeiting the Times' standing as the “newspaper of record.”

Article offering a critical analysis of the role of the U.S. media during the 2004 coup d'etat in Haiti.

Includes video clips of Fox hosts and guests making outlandish claims such as there are no homeless vets, or various progressives are terrorist sympathizers, and provides commentary and analysis of the "Fair and Balanced" network.

Conservative group founded to balance alleged liberal bias in the media. ... Conservative group dedicated to studying and fighting media bias. ...[2008/11/04]

5 Tools for measuring and evaluating media bias. 6 Efforts to correct bias ... Media balance. Media bias in South Asia. Media bias in the United States ...[2008/11/29]

A new study has found that when it comes to U.S. media coverage of global warming , superficial balance—telling ... called "Balance as Bias: Global Warming ...[2008/11/29]

Conservative group dedicated to studying and fighting media bias. ... Conservative group founded to balance alleged liberal bias in the media. ...[2008/10/19]

The term "media bias" usually refers to... Finally, some countries have laws enforcing balance in state-owned media. ...[2008/02/05]

Temporal bias: The news media are biased toward the immediate. News is what's ... quote (status quo bias) to balance (fairness bias) a story (narrative bias) ...[2006/08/16]

Media Research Center (MRC) is a conservative media watchdog group dedicated to bringing political balance to the news and entertainment media.[2008/11/25]

According to media scholar Robert Entman, "Balance aims for neutrality. ... In our study called "Balance as Bias: Global Warming and the U.S. Prestige Press" ...[2008/11/25]

... to put this needless battle over media bias behind us, I propose that we convene ... media notables can establish a stable balance of power between liberals and ...[2008/10/29]

MEDIA. Bias or balance. There are media alternatives. Fred Jackson. News Director, AFR News ... The liberal media members do little to hide their bias in the ...[2008/10/31]