Study finds ABC TV news slanted towards Coalition
A study by two academic economists concludes that ABC TV news is slanted towards the Coalition while Radio National is even handed. It finds that The Age favours Labour.
The study, by Andrew Leigh and Joshua Gans is available through Andrew Leigh's site at http://andrewleigh.com/?p=2265.
The authors comment:
Across 27 media outlets, we find only two that stand out as partisan in either direction. Using our first approach, only ABC TV appears slanted (towards the Coalition – sorry, Mr Costello). And using the second and third approaches, only The Age appears slanted (towards Labor). On the whole, Australian journalists seem a centrist bunch; their editors a little less so.
