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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsExtreme Lawmakers Get More Airtime
February 17, 2021 at 5:40 am EST By Taegan Goddard
New research in the Journal of Communication: Using a common ideological measure called DW-NOMINATE, we compared the ideologies of all House members with those featured on cable networks Fox News, CNN and MSNBC, and broadcast networks ABC, CBS and NBC. We studied 46,218 transcripts from 2005 to 2013 to find when representatives spoke on air.
We found that the House thats shown on the news is much more ideologically extreme than the actual House. When we divided representatives into five equal groups by ideology, we found that the most extreme groups on each end of the political spectrum were most often given airtime.
This effect is strongest for conservatives on the far right end of the spectrum, though both ideological poles are heard from more often on national cable and broadcast television than moderates.
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Extreme Lawmakers Get More Airtime (Original Post)
DonViejo
Feb 2021
OP
Because they aren't really in the business of information. They need to promote viewers so they get
Arkansas Granny
Feb 2021
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Celerity
(43,501 posts)1. 'We studied 46,218 transcripts from 2005 to 2013'
It is even worse now, FAR worse on the Rethug end!
Very dated dataset.
Arkansas Granny
(31,530 posts)2. Because they aren't really in the business of information. They need to promote viewers so they get
more advertising dollars.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,416 posts)3. This falls in the category of "NoShit". Now they should do 2015 - 2020.
gab13by13
(21,405 posts)4. Lately they are getting more air time here too.
There are even negative John Fetterman threads here.
msongs
(67,441 posts)5. squeaky wheel syndrome nt