No "Marxist" category?

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Thu Jun 03, 2004 3:58 am

Those convinced that liberals make up a disproportionate share of newsroom workers have long relied on Pew Research Center surveys to confirm this view, and they will not be disappointed by the results of Pew's latest study released today.
While most of the [547 surveyed] journalists, like many Americans, describe themselves as "moderate," a far higher number are "liberal" than in the general population.
At national organizations (which includes print, TV and radio), the numbers break down like this: 34% liberal, 7% conservative. At local outlets: 23% liberal, 12% conservative. At Web sites: 27% call themselves liberals, 13% conservatives.
This contrasts with the self-assessment of the general public: 20% liberal, 33% conservative. (Editor & Publisher)***Forgetting for the moment that the labels are essentially meaningless, why would anyone respond to such a survey?***[ June 03, 2004: Message edited by: blanp ]

Mike Billings · **Posted:** Thu Jun 03, 2004 12:34 pm

No one did, they had Jayson Blair write the report.

JPSheehan · **Posted:** Fri Jun 04, 2004 9:40 am

<blockquote>quote:<hr>Originally posted by blanp:
***Forgetting for the moment that the labels are essentially meaningless, why would anyone respond to such a survey?***<hr></blockquote>Probably because the survey includes questions about other, more relevant and timely concerns -- quality of coverage, accuracy and accountability in reporting, differences in various media, the direction of journalism in general, etc. True, though, you'd think people could just skip that question (only 5% chose not to answer). Here's the link to the questionnaire. I think it's pretty interesting.

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