CHARGE TWSPAPER BIAS:
Survey Research Finds Reader Views
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The America press is consid-
ered politically~iased by about
one fourth of b nation's news-
paper readers, ccording to the
University's Suey R e s e a r c h
Center.
About two thisof the readers
disagree.
These were sie of the find-
ings of a studyy the SRC. An
analysis of the mnter's 1956 na-
tional electionsaudy was made
by Associate Pressors Dean Ba-
ker and CharleCannell, of the
school of jourtism, and pre-
sented at the aual meeting of
the Association r Education in
Journalism, at ston University
on August 29.
DemocralLoudest
Criticism was aviest from the
Democratic side.W per cent of
which felt thathe newspapers
favored Presiden)wight D. Eis-
enhower in the 56 presidential
election. Only 'er cent of the
Republicans agr with this.
There was mo agreement as
to favoritism tord Adlai Ste-
venson. Two pc cent of the
Democrats and 4er cent of the
Republicans claiid that news
was slanted in hilirection. >
As the amount education in-
creased, so did tlaccusations of
bias. Nearly one td of the col-
lege-educated saithe news fa-
vored President Eisenhower, com-
pared to only 19 per cent of those
who had only a grade school edu-
cation.
Baker and Cannell found that,
although many felt that newspa-
pers were biased, only about half
of them could give examples.
Instances Cited
Those who did cite instances
of bias mentioned unfairness in
the amount and placement of
news about candidates. Others
mentioned the selection of items
to be reported and the manipu-
lating of headlines and pictures.
Those interviewed in Ann Ar-
bor were also asked how they
thought, general newspaper policy
was made. Well over half felt that
the editor or editorial staff was
responsible. Eighteen per cent
thought it was the job of the
owner or board of directors, andl
5 per cent said it was done by the
manager or publisher.
Nearly half the subjects, how-
ever, thought that the choice of
a political candidate was made
by the owner or board of direc-
tors. Only one fourth credited this
to the editor or editorial staff.
Television Up
In another part of the survey,
the SRC found that television has
become the number one source of
campaign information, although
among those with a college edu-
cation, newspapers ran a close
second. In that same group, mag-
azines moved into the 'third spot.
Radio held a significant place
only among those with only a
grade school education.
The Ann Arbor study, con-
ducted by students in the Depart-
ments of Journalism and Psychol-
ogy, covered only 223 interviews.
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