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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SLS: MEDIA BIAS IN THE CROSSFIRE (fwd)

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>                 MEDIA BIAS IN THE CROSSFIRE
>
>     We've always known this, and now a new study confirms it:
>network news programs in American today have a decidedly anti-gun
>bias.  Astounded by the overtly slanted stories which ran in the wake
>of the Supreme Court's decision overturning the Brady Act, researchers
>at the Alexandria, Virginia-based Media Research Center decided to
>examine every gun control policy story which has aired on the major
>networks' morning and evening news programs from July 1, 1995 to June
>30, 1997.  What they discovered is enough to convince even the most
>skeptical person that when it comes to covering the right to keep and
>bear arms, there is simply no balance to be found.  Out of 103 evening
>news segments, anti-gun stories outnumbered pro-gun stories by a 70-6
>margin, with 27 reports being labeled as "neutral."  Overall, out of
>the 224 non-neutral stories, 157 were biased in favor of gun control. 
>This revelation led the researchers at MRC to wonder if the media
>would be so friendly to politicians and lobbyists seeking to place
>more restrictions on the First Amendment.  A good question, indeed. 
>To read the full Media Research Center report, visit their website at
>http://www.mediaresearch.org.
>
>
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>Chris W. Stark
>Gun Owners of America - Texas Representative
>e-mail: gunowner@onramp.net
>
>Visit our Web Page at: http://rampages.onramp.net/~gunowner
>
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>
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