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Kaz the media prints whats going to make them money. The media can make or break anyone.
Do you remember back in the 90's when a little old lady went through McDonald's to get coffee and it spilled on her. She ended up with 3rd degree burns on her legs and private parts. She sued and the Jury awarded her a little over $1 million which was all over the news and print media. However, the Case was appealed and she ended up getting around $75k to $100k. Guess what page that ended up on? Around page 8-10 buried in a little section. I didn't see any news coverage on TV either. I take that as being biased, because that's what gave big corps the right to bitch even more about Lawsuits and eventually getting punitive damages capped at a ridiculous amount.Comment
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EXACTLY!Originally posted by BettorsChat View Post
I'll take it a step further. It isn't about one particular story presenting both sides or being biased. It is what is chosen to be covered as a whole.
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"According to a comprehensive study conducted by the Pew Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism. In the six weeks between Sept. 8 and Oct. 16, a period extending from the end of the two national conventions through the third and final presidential debate, 56 percent of the stories featuring McCain were negative, far more than the 14 percent positive and the 30 percent neutral. By contrast, Obama stories had a slight favorable slant: 36 percent positive, 35 percent neutral, 29 percent negative.
The research cast a broad media net that included five outlet categories: newspapers (New York Times plus six other dailies), five Web sites such as CNN.com and Google News, network television (ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS), cable television (CNN, Fox News, MSNBC), and radio (NPR, Rush Limbaugh, and two other talk shows--one liberal and one conservative). To be labeled negative or positive, a story needed at least three mentions in one direction for every two going the other way.
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Looking at each story on an individual basis, you could say there is nothing wrong with artcicle A or article B, but when you look at article A, B, C, D, E, F, G........... and there is a large disparity in the amount of positive and negative stories, it shows bias.Comment
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Is any of this thread about Kanye West?
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Originally posted by wayne1218 View PostIs any of this thread about Kanye West?
I was just about to paste the "Thread Jacked" icon before you posted your comment!Comment
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He's obviously an ass who took what was supposed to be a special moment for Taylor Swift and made it into a fiasco.Originally posted by wayne1218 View PostIs any of this thread about Kanye West?
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Newspaper circulation decline picks up speed
Updated 4/27/2009 10:12 AM | Comments 36 | Recommend 3 E-mail | Save | Print |
Yahoo! Buzz Digg Newsvine Reddit FacebookWhat's this?By Rachel Metz, AP Business Writer
NEW YORK — Circulation declines at the nation's newspapers are accelerating.
The Audit Bureau of Circulations said Monday that total average daily circulation declined 7.1% in the October-March period from the same six months in 2007-2008. The latest figure represents data from 395 daily U.S. newspapers that reported in both the current and year-ago periods.
The most recent drop was faster than the 4.6% fall in April-September 2008, and the 3.6% fall in October 2007-March 2008.
USA TODAY remains the No. 1 newspaper, though it suffered the steepest circulation drop in the publication's history. Circulation sank 7.5% to an average 2,113,725 after several periods with little change. The newspaper, owned by Gannett Co. (GCI) attributes the falloff mostly to a drop in hotel occupancy stemming from the economic decline and a December price increase for non-subscription copies.
The Wall Street Journal, the second-largest newspaper, was the only one in the top 25 to show an increase in daily circulation. It increased less than 1% to an average 2,082,189. The New York Times' daily circulation fell 3.6% to 1,039,031, while the Los Angeles Times saw a drop of 6.6% to 723,181.
Other newspapers in the top 25 had daily circulation declines ranging from less than one-tenth of 1% at the Chicago Sun-Times to 20.6% at the New York Post.
Sunday circulation fell 5.4% in the latest period. This is based on data from 557 U.S. newspapers that reported in both the current and year-ago periods.
The New York Times continues to be the top newspaper on Sunday — when USA TODAY and The Wall Street Journal do not publish — though circulation dropped 1.7% to 1,451,233. The Los Angeles Times remains second, with a decline of 7.5% to 1,019,388.
Two newspapers in the top 25 posted Sunday increases, but both gains were less than 1%. Sunday circulation rose to 516,562 at The Arizona Republic and hit 415,815 at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Newspaper sales have been declining since the early 1990s, but the drop accelerated in recent years. Circulation revenue has largely held up, though, because of price increases. The publications have been hurt more by drops in advertising sales, which represent the bulk of revenue at most newspapers.
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Kaz, why do you think all the newspapers are struggling so badly?
Why do you think the Wall Street Journal was the only newspaper to show an increase in circulation?
Why do you think CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS gets murdered in the ratings by Fox News?
Why do you think Air America can't survive despite PAYING broadcasters to be on the air?
Liberal bias part of it, maybe?Last edited by harold_bush; 09-15-2009, 05:44 PM.Comment
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Most all major newspapers are struggling. A lot of them are broke and don't know what to do. Some are saying that the reason is, because most people now days get their news on the internet.Comment
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Whats the internet??Originally posted by BettorsChat View PostQuestions, comments, complaints:
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Liberal bias? OMG. That's really funny. That has nothing to do with it. Who's the president of the United States? A liberal. And what party has control of Congress? The Liberals. If anything, being Liberal is in, not out....Originally posted by harold_bush View Post
The internet and TV has killed newspapers. Just like our youths dont read anymore. They watch TV and play video games. That's why newspapers are dying. Like I said, if you have intelligence, you read......
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Kind of like post 38, right Joe? What happened to you? I can say the same damn thing.....Originally posted by Spark View PostComment
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You're bringing up one thing from the 90's when a lady sued for a million and only got 100k, and that was put on page 8-10 of what newspaper? And that's what makes the media biased? Really? Come on now Monte.....Originally posted by BettorsChat View Post
The media can make or break anyone, and when do they? I've seen many stories on Obama that haven't been critical of him. Just as there was of Bush....
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I could never be on a forum based on Political talk. God damn, it never ends well and it is soooooooo depressing/boring to read.
Dice-K pitches tonight. Go Red Sox!
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You can argue for hours and you will never change a person's belief or way of thinking. Most of our political beliefs have been ingrained in us from our youth....Originally posted by wayne1218 View PostI could never be on a forum based on Political talk. God damn, it never ends well and it is soooooooo depressing/boring to read.
Dice-K pitches tonight. Go Red Sox!
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Politics and religion. I avoid both of those here and always have. You simply can't win no matter which side you are on and it ALWAYS gets personal. Every time ........Comment
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