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HOW PUBLIC IS PUBLIC RADIO?: A STUDY OF NPR'S GUESTLIST
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 12:18:02 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> Date: May 28, 2004 8:44:59 AM EDT To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>Subject: [Dewayne-Net] HOW PUBLIC IS PUBLIC RADIO?: A STUDY OF NPR'S GUESTLIST
Reply-To: dewayne () warpspeed com HOW PUBLIC IS PUBLIC RADIO?: A STUDY OF NPR'S GUESTLISTNational Public Radio, though founded as an alternative media outlet that would "speak with many voices," relies on largely the same range of sources
that dominate mainstream commercial news, a new FAIR study hasfound. Characterized by conservative critics as "liberal" radio, NPR has more Republican than Democratic voices, and male sources outnumber female
sources by nearly four to one. Nine of the top 10 most-frequently used sources on NPR were white male government officials. (Secretary of State Colin Powell was the oneexception.) The top seven sources were all Republicans. FAIR's study looked at every on-air source quoted in June 2003 on NPR's four main news shows:
All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Weekend Edition Saturday and Weekend Edition Sunday. Think tank sources and regular commentators were analyzed over a four-month period. Results were compared to those from a 1993 FAIR study of NPR sources. [SOURCE: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, AUTHORS: Steve Rendall and Daniel Butterworth] <http://www.fair.org/extra/0405/npr-study.html> Archives at: <http://Wireless.Com/Dewayne-Net> Weblog at: <http://weblog.warpspeed.com> ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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