Time: Tue Aug 26 05:08:16 1997 by usr01.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id EAA08085; Tue, 26 Aug 1997 04:47:01 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 04:44:35 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: MEDIA BIAS IN THE CROSSFIRE (fwd) <snip> > > 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. > > >**************************************************************** >Chris W. Stark >Gun Owners of America - Texas Representative >e-mail: gunowner@onramp.net > >Visit our Web Page at: http://rampages.onramp.net/~gunowner > >Support "The only no-compromise gun lobby in Washington." >Become a member of GOA TODAY! > >**************************************************************** ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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