Enraged by a Media Matters study that conclusively demonstrates the larger representation of conservative views on Sunday talk shows, conservative attack organizations are attempting to offset the public outcry against this imbalance by launching a letter-to-the-editor campaign.
Recent conservative attacks have been unable to successfully point out any flaws in the study's methodology or results. One attack, by RightMarch.com, labels the Media Matters study as a "totally skewed 'analysis' " and "bogus" but gives no supporting evidence to back up its claim. RightMarch.com also promotes a study that has already been discredited by Media Matters.
This hyperbole demonstrates that conservatives are worried about their overrepresentation becoming public knowledge -- and are willing to mislead their own activists by using flawed information.
Media Matters eagerly awaits any evidence that its study is flawed or "bogus."
In fact, each weekend we are faced with more support for the study's findings. This weekend, NBC's Meet the Press will host a roundtable with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, Wall Street Journal editorial page editor Paul A. Gigot, GOP strategist Mary Matalin, and NBC White House correspondent David Gregory. Apparently, NBC believes that a panel composed of a straight-news reporter (Gregory), a GOP strategist (Matalin), the editor of one of the most ardently right-wing editorial pages in the country (Gigot), and a sometime liberal who also harshly criticized President Clinton (Dowd) is "balanced."
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Resources:
Media Matters study: "If It's Sunday, It's Conservative"
RightMarch.com action attacking Media Matters
Media Matters shows flaws in study cited by RightMarch.com
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