Libertarian Librarian

Okay, time for round two of examining the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Sunday editorial section, Crossroads, for bias. Round one results are here, and yes Jack, this week's results are also through my favorite pair of glasses-- namely the one's I can actually see with. That was a bit snarky. Sorry. At any rate, there were once again 13 articles (I wonder if that will be the standard, and if so, when, if ever, we will see variations), and by my rough estimation, three were conservative, five were liberal (including both JS editorials), and five were neutral or not applicable. The two week total then:

Conservative articles: 6
Liberal articles: 11
Neutral/Not Applicable articles: 9

The letters were more balanced this week, with four conservative, five liberal (four of which supported a beer tax), and one neutral. Two week total for letters:

Conservative: 5
Liberal: 11
Neutral: 4

In general, I am finding that the Journal Sentinel to be more balanced than I expected. With the exception of their own editorial essays, which are four for four on being liberal, there is generally a good balancing of positions, with many issues providing opposing viewpoints right next to each other on the page. Take away the four JS editorials, and the balance is six conservative, seven liberal, and nine neutral/not applicable. So, really all we need to do is get more conservative voices on the actual JS editorial board, and the newspaper won't be too badly skewed left.

Now if only I had any confidence the same was true of the BBC, NY Times, and network news agencies. Not to mention the Associated Press.