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Logique said:
I think it's the opinion forming programs, news and current affairs, including Media Watch-the-conservatives. Where are the conservatives on Insiders, Lateline, aside from road-to-Damascus Leigh Sales, or 7:30.

That's a bit unfair to Leigh Sales who I rate.

The assumption by the taxpayer-funded inner city broadcaster is, that if you vote Coalition you are biased and misogynist.

Apologies to Emma Ayres and Ivan Lloyd (Classic FM), I don't mean you.
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Problem is that when people do a more comprehensive analysis, your perception doesn't bear out.

Bias it seems, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. If you disagree with someone, it is all too easy to simply say that they are biased.
 
Some Dude said:
Problem is that when people do a more comprehensive analysis, your perception doesn't bear out.

Bias it seems, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. If you disagree with someone, it is all too easy to simply say that they are biased.
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The Devil can quote the scripture for his own ends.

Folker Hanusch, senior lecturer in journalism at University of the Sunshine Coast, on new polling confirming the Leftist bias of the overwhelming majority of journalists:

"Our survey was conducted by telephone with carefully selected journalists from newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, online news sites and news agency AAP, as a sample of the 8000 to 10,000 journalists in Australia today.

When asked about their voting intentions, less than two-thirds of the journalists we surveyed revealed their voting intention. Of those 372 people, 43.0% said they would give their first preference vote to Labor; 30.2% would vote for the Coalition; and 19.4% said they would choose the Greens – about twice the Australian average:

However, 41.2% of the 34 ABC journalists who declared a voting intention said they would vote for the Greens, followed by 32.4% for Labor and 14.7% for the Coalition."
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http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/
 
Are you trying to tell us that Andrew Bolt votes Labour?
 
Calliope said:
The Devil can quote the scripture for his own ends.
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And only people who are spooked by shadows of demons that don't exist are afraid of the truth.

When you work out how to hold a discussion about bias, the nature of statistics, sampling, etc and can hold an actual discussion instead of talking cliches until the cows come home, let me know.

And duncan's horses did turn and eat other...



Let us pray..
 
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Some Dude said:
And only people who are not spooked by shadows of demons that don't exist are afraid of the truth.

When you work out how to hold a discussion about bias, the nature of statistics, sampling, etc and can hold an actual discussion instead of talking cliches until the cows come home, let me know.

And duncan's horses did turn and eat other...



Let us pray..
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+1. Would love to see the correlation of voting intention vs IQ :p: ...
 
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I honestly don't see how anyone can watch/listen to the ABC and not think they are biased. They don't leave you in much doubt about their positions on gay marriage and refugees for example. It's like saying the Australian isn't biased.
 
banco said:
I honestly don't see how anyone can watch/listen to the ABC and not think they are biased. They don't leave you in much doubt about their positions on gay marriage and refugees for example. It's like saying the Australian isn't biased.
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Exactly, you just have to look at their front page, says it all.
They need an overhaul, abit of balance would be good.
 
Some Dude said:
And only people who are spooked by shadows of demons that don't exist are afraid of the truth.

When you work out how to hold a discussion about bias, the nature of statistics, sampling, etc and can hold an actual discussion instead of talking cliches until the cows come home, let me know.
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Your posts are all clichés.:rolleyes: When you can post without clichés let me know.
 
banco said:
I honestly don't see how anyone can watch/listen to the ABC and not think they are biased. They don't leave you in much doubt about their positions on gay marriage and refugees for example. It's like saying the Australian isn't biased.
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Do you separate disagreement from the perception of bias? Do you associate bias with intent or conspiracy? For balance, should outlets like the ABC have shows supporting conspiracy theories, slavery, racism, etc?
 
Some Dude said:
Do you separate disagreement from the perception of bias? Do you associate bias with intent or conspiracy?
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With the ABC is has to be intent...it couldn't be by chance. To use one of your clichés, this thread seems to be flushing the greenies out of the closet.:D

The survey of 605 journalists from around Australia found that just more than half described themselves as having left political views, while only 13 per cent said they were right of centre.

This tendency was most pronounced among the 34 ABC journalists who agreed to declare their voting intention, with 41 per cent of them saying they would vote for the Greens, 32 per cent declaring support for Labor and 14 per cent backing the Coalition.
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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...abc-survey-finds/story-fn59niix-1226647246897
 
Poll on the ABC web site................notice there's no "NO" option, leaving it open ?

Someone should go in there and knock a few heads together................


Opinion Poll - Have your vote


Do you think it is likely that an Abbott government would bring back WorkChoices?
Likely
Unlikely
Not sure
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MrBurns said:
Poll on the ABC web site................notice there's no "NO" option, leaving it open ?

Someone should go in there and knock a few heads together................
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It's a perfectly legitimate question.

In surveys with a non-definite answer, you ask for non-definite responses.

For example, a mobility study might ask:

Are you likely to leave place x within the next x years:

Highly likely.
likely
Not sure.
Unlikely
Highly Unlikely.
 
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