Research shows the media is far more concerned about right-wing extremism than its left-wing counterpart
- When it comes to calling out political extremism, media figures are much more likely to decry political extremism from the right than from the left.
- In the US, right-leaning news outlets are 2x more likely than left-leaning are to mention right wing extremism than left wing extremism
- This is consistent with the rise of far-right and far-left activity.
The ideological imbalance among journalists, in combination with a society-wide shift away from fact-based standards of objectivity, could be leading some journalists to label attitudes and groups they simply dislike as politically extreme
- The immense cultural power of the media and the possibility that its ideological imbalance is shaping journalistic content should trigger reflection about the extent to which news-media content can accurately portray current events-especially political connotations.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-medias-far-right-obsession/
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