[oregontim]

I hate the way those media bias charts are done too. Here's my assessment of the media landscape.  


I don't think the focus should be on the ideological spectrum as much as whether the information provided is factual, based on high standards of journalism, or opinion based on no standards of journalism.  I also think you need to separate the WSJ and the WSJ Opinion page, because they are totally different. Maybe even Fox News Channel daytime/website news reporting and its nighttime opinion hosts too.

The $ signs are there to demonstrate that fact-finding journalism costs a lot of money and opinion based media is very cheap. So if you buy into the "you get what you pay for" mentality, you'll know most opinion-based stuff should be looked at with a high degree of skepticism in terms of its factualness. The corporate news media mostly operates on a what is happening now, "live" basis. It's easy to report facts about what people are saying or doing in the moment, but facts don't paint the picture of the actual truth unfolding. That's what investigative reporting does. 

My perception is there is no such thing as conservative investigative journalism. All the investigative journalism I ever see is from places like Pro Publica, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Salon, Mother Jones, Newspapers, etc. that are usually reporting on things that appeal to a liberal audience or qualified that way by conservatives. If there are any sources of conservative-oriented investigative journalism, please tell me. Project Veritas doesn't count!

+1 really interesting analysis ... I care a lot about this subject and follow it closely. Well done.

[oregontim]

I hate the way those media bias charts are done too. Here's my assessment of the media landscape.  


I don't think the focus should be on the ideological spectrum as much as whether the information provided is factual, based on high standards of journalism, or opinion based on no standards of journalism.  I also think you need to separate the WSJ and the WSJ Opinion page, because they are totally different. Maybe even Fox News Channel daytime/website news reporting and its nighttime opinion hosts too.

The $ signs are there to demonstrate that fact-finding journalism costs a lot of money and opinion based media is very cheap. So if you buy into the "you get what you pay for" mentality, you'll know most opinion-based stuff should be looked at with a high degree of skepticism in terms of its factualness. The corporate news media mostly operates on a what is happening now, "live" basis. It's easy to report facts about what people are saying or doing in the moment, but facts don't paint the picture of the actual truth unfolding. That's what investigative reporting does. 

My perception is there is no such thing as conservative investigative journalism. All the investigative journalism I ever see is from places like Pro Publica, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Salon, Mother Jones, Newspapers, etc. that are usually reporting on things that appeal to a liberal audience or qualified that way by conservatives. If there are any sources of conservative-oriented investigative journalism, please tell me. Project Veritas doesn't count!

+1 really interesting analysis ... I care a lot about this subject and follow it closely. Well done.