Where can I find a list of media sources rated by 'liberal' vs 'conservative'?

Question

I would like to find an objective rating of news sources (e.g. Newsweek, FOX, New York Times, The Nation) and their stated and actual slant or bias.

I would also like to find out the media ownership chain as well (e.g Disney owns ABC etc)

Also, who monitors and reports on news bias? Thanks!

Answer 1

Well, it's tough for anyone to be politically objective. I did find, however, an interesting UCLA study that measured political bias in the media. The results aren't online, but you can find them in the December 2005 issue of the Quarterly Journal of Economics, which you could probably find at the library.

Here are some excerpts (there are more listed at the source):
Of the 20 major media outlets studied, 18 scored left of center, with CBS' "Evening News," The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times ranking second, third and fourth most liberal behind the news pages of The Wall Street Journal.

Only Fox News' "Special Report With Brit Hume" and The Washington Times scored right of the average U.S. voter.

The most centrist outlet proved to be the "NewsHour With Jim Lehrer." CNN's "NewsNight With Aaron Brown" and ABC's "Good Morning America" were a close second and third.

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The fourth most centrist outlet was "Special Report With Brit Hume" on Fox News, which often is cited by liberals as an egregious example of a right-wing outlet. While this news program proved to be right of center, the study found ABC's "World News Tonight" and NBC's "Nightly News" to be left of center. All three outlets were approximately equidistant from the center, the report found.

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Five news outlets — "NewsHour With Jim Lehrer," ABC's "Good Morning America," CNN's "NewsNight With Aaron Brown," Fox News' "Special Report With Brit Hume" and the Drudge Report — were in a statistical dead heat in the race for the most centrist news outlet. Of the print media, USA Today was the most centrist.

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Another finding that contradicted conventional wisdom was that the Drudge Report was slightly left of center.

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Yet another finding that contradicted conventional wisdom relates to National Public Radio, often cited by conservatives as an egregious example of a liberal news outlet. But according to the UCLA-University of Missouri study, it ranked eighth most liberal of the 20 that the study examined.

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Obvoiusly, of course, this study is probably subject to debate, and I'm sure there are many, many, other resources and pieces of research out there, but I thought this was a good place to start. Hope it's helpful!

Answer 2

If I were to base my answer entirely on the Y!A politics area, my answer can be a convincing definite! although I surely have many liberal acquaintances in authentic existence who may not in any respect act like, nor tolerate the habit of the self proclaimed liberals in this website. So actually, even as their may be an element of actuality to the evaluation, it does not carry authentic in all situations.