http://buckeyestateblog.com/big_surprise_ohios_newspapers_proven_to_be_get_this_conservative Comments for "Big Surprise: Ohio's Newspapers Proven to Be - Get this - Conservative" en http://buckeyestateblog.com/big_surprise_ohios_newspapers_proven_to_be_get_this_conservative <p>Just in from our friends over at Media Matters. The think tank analyzed each one of Ohio&#39;s daily periodicals to determine the political leanings of their opinion columnists. The results? Let&#39;s just say that the GOP&#39;s &quot;Lib&#39;url Media&quot; motiff might be more than a little off.</p> <p>Of all columnists in Ohio, conservatives dominate the press. </p> <p> <img src="http://filer.case.edu/jkk3/ohideology.jpg" alt="" width="305" height="300" /></p> <p>The disparities get a litte better when you factor in the circulation and reach of those periodicals, but its undeniable that that conservatives still dominate the press under any circumstances. </p> <p><img src="http://filer.case.edu/jkk3/ohcirc.jpg" alt="" width="260" height="251" /><br />In fact, of Ohio&#39;s 84 periodicals, only 7 have a liberal columnist majority. The media just ain&#39;t what it used to be, eh? In fact, of Ohio&#39;s top ten columnists only three lean progressive.</p> <p><img src="http://filer.case.edu/jkk3/ohcolumnists.jpg" alt="" width="527" height="344" /> </p> <p>To check out the whole report, <a href="http://filer.case.edu/jkk3/OhioNewspaperReport.pdf" target="_blank">click it</a>. </p> http://buckeyestateblog.com/big_surprise_ohios_newspapers_proven_to_be_get_this_conservative#comment Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:31:47 -0700 Administrator 6076 at http://buckeyestateblog.com