It\u2019s official. A new Pew Research study indicates that media coverage of the gay marriage debate is strongly biased in favor of gay marriage.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s in case you were wondering.<\/p>\n
Was anybody wondering?<\/p>\n
Personally, I think this falls into the \u201cnew study indicates that nuts roll downhill\u201d kind of news. The study is based on coverage of the period a few weeks ago when the Supreme Court was hearing arguments on the issue of gay marriage. It turns out that news coverage, including that from Fox News, was 5 to 1 in favor of gay marriage.<\/p>\n
Of course, the study is somewhat misrepresentative of the actual media bias in favor of gay marriage, since the media typically tries to paint a gloss of balance on their social-issue propaganda when they\u2019re reporting big stories like Supreme Court hearings. I think day to day reporting is probably much worse.<\/p>\n
Also, when you consider the total sell job that we get from outlets such as HBO \u2014 which also hard-sells euthanasia, abortion and polygamy, among other other things \u2014 it begins to look like 5 to 1 is actually a low number.<\/p>\n
The people of this country, indeed, the people of the world, are being pushed, propagandized and often bullied into accepting destructive social changes. Gay marriage is one of those changes. At the same time, there is an almost equal attack on faith, particularly Christian faith.<\/p>\n
From the National Catholic Register:<\/p>\n
Daily News<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\nPew Reports Media Bias on Marriage Debate\u00a0(1913)<\/span><\/h1>\n
As the U.S. Supreme Court weighed DOMA and Proposition 8, news stories favored same-sex \u2018marriage\u2019 5-1.<\/h2>\n