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majority of American journalists identify themselves as political independents although among those who choose a side Democrats outnumber Republicans four to one, according to a new study of the media conducted by two Indiana University professors.
Write Lars Wilnat and David Weaver, professors of journalism at Indiana,*of their findings:
Compared with 2002, the percentage of full-time U.S. journalists who claim to be Democrats has dropped 8 percentage points in 2013 to about 28 percent, moving this figure closer to the overall population percentage of 30 percent, according to a December 12-15, 2013, ABC News/Washington Post national poll of 1,005 adults. This is the lowest percentage of journalists saying they are Democrats since 1971. An even larger drop was observed among journalists who said they were Republicans in 2013 (7.1 percent) than in 2002 (18 percent), but the 2013 figure is still notably lower than the percentage of U.S. adults who identified with the Republican Party (24 percent according to the poll mentioned above).
The great thing about this survey, called "The American Journalist in the Digital Age", is that its been conducted four previous times -- in 1971, 1982, 1992 and 2002. That allows for some fascinating comparisons of how partisanship (or the lack thereof) among reporters has evolved over that time.
Back in 1971, the first time this survey was conducted, there was simply more partisanship among reporters. *More than one in three (35.5 percent) said they were Democrats while more than one in four (25.7 percent) described themselves as Republicans. At that point, 32.5 percent called themselves independents.
Over the last several decades, three things have happened: 1) The number of Democratic-identifying reporters increased steadily prior to a significant drop in the latest survey 2) The number of Republicans has steadily shrunk with that number dipping into single digits for the first time ever in the new survey c) more and more reporters are identifying as independents. *What seems to be happening -- at least in the last decade - -is that journalists are leaving both parties, finding themselves more comfortable as unaffiliateds.
These numbers will likely affirm the belief in conservative circles that "all" reporters are secretly Democrats. (The study was conducted via online interviews with 1,080 reporters.) *While I am not in the business of disputing the study's finding, I would note two caveats:
1. This is among*all*reporters not just political reporters. While that may seem like a minor issue, it's worth noting that assuming these party ID numbers are true for those of us -- like me -- who cover politics day in and day out may not be entirely accurate.
2. The movement toward independent status among reporters is in keeping with a similar move in the broader electorate as they find the two parties increasingly rigid and, therefore, less welcoming.
The entire study, which details that journalists are less happy in their jobs than ever before and that most believe the industry is headed in the wrong direction, is*worth reading in its entirety.
Is that the same liberal media that was in-bed-with the military, and was cheer leading for the Bush led invasion and occupation of Iraq?
I wonder if Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, CNS News, the Washington Times, Sean Hannity,. Breitbart, The Daily Caller, Glenn Beck, Alex Jones, and World News Daily are going to whine about this horrible news that the media is liberal.
The vast majority identify as independent, and the number who identify as Democrat are at a historic low, and yet the topic starter concludes the media is liberal.
Everytime Edge posts this is who I see typing
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Everytime Edge posts this is who I see typing
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When you should be seeing
Becoming a Journalist isn't a sane career choice.
Believe me, I've known several of them.
Nobody, and I MEAN NOBODY gets to the top of that profession without paying their dues.
Nobody.
And what dues!! If you're an on-air personality, you MUST go to a good (read; expensive) school. No University of Phoenix degrees need apply.
So after you get out of Harvard, Columbia, Penn, Princeton or whatever and you have somewhere around $250k in College debt, you get to work at (are you sitting down) the Sioux City ABC affiliate as a Cub Reporter making $15k a year.
If you're lucky. And good. I mean, REAL good. If you're just above average, you get to work at Salon or some other rag FOR FREE. As an intern. No pay. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Shit. Squat.
The Exploited Laborers of the Liberal Media | VICE United States
So, let's see.
You spend a minimum of $250k to go to a VERY expensive school and get a thoroughly worthless degree in a thoroughly worthless field so you can graduate and get paid NOTHING to work as a lower-than-whaleshit-intern.
Then, if you get lucky, you might land a gig in a medium sized market like Poughkeepsie where you ARE ON A QUARTERLY CONTRACT.
That's right people. A 90 day contract is all you get. Unless you're in the 'Bigs'.
Good luck getting there.
Somewhere along the line you met and fell in love with someone and, guess what?
You have no home life. The entire time you're working 60 hours a week in Poughkeepsie (for around $30k a year) you're sending out applications to bigger markets. The bigger the market, the better the pay.
So you land a job in Syracuse. Same shit. 90 Days. Maybe they renew, maybe they don't. Doesn't matter because you're sending out resumes and audition tapes to every medium sized market in the Country.
Maybe you land a job in Sacramento. hoooooo, State Capital..... Maybe you'll make $40k there.
Same shit. 90 day contract.
Then you take a step backward, get your contract non-renewed and have to settle for something in Dayton Ohio.
Whatever.
I've seen it. The ONLY people who go into Journalism are Crusaders.
And NONE of them go into Journalism to report the News.
EVERY.SINGLE.ONE.OF.THEM Goes into Journalism so they can 'Make a difference'
In school, we called them 'the tubes'.
Bunch of jackasses. Every one of them. And stupid. Seriously. I'm talking... Not real bright.
Guys and Gals, journalists don't get into the field and turn to shit, they're shit before they get into the field.
And that's why they're there. Shit attracts more shit.
Becoming a Journalist isn't a sane career choice.
Believe me, I've known several of them.
Nobody, and I MEAN NOBODY gets to the top of that profession without paying their dues.
Nobody.
And what dues!! If you're an on-air personality, you MUST go to a good (read; expensive) school. No University of Phoenix degrees need apply.
So after you get out of Harvard, Columbia, Penn, Princeton or whatever and you have somewhere around $250k in College debt, you get to work at (are you sitting down) the Sioux City ABC affiliate as a Cub Reporter making $15k a year.
If you're lucky. And good. I mean, REAL good. If you're just above average, you get to work at Salon or some other rag FOR FREE. As an intern. No pay. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Shit. Squat.
The Exploited Laborers of the Liberal Media | VICE United States
So, let's see.
You spend a minimum of $250k to go to a VERY expensive school and get a thoroughly worthless degree in a thoroughly worthless field so you can graduate and get paid NOTHING to work as a lower-than-whaleshit-intern.
Then, if you get lucky, you might land a gig in a medium sized market like Poughkeepsie where you ARE ON A QUARTERLY CONTRACT.
That's right people. A 90 day contract is all you get. Unless you're in the 'Bigs'.
Good luck getting there.
Somewhere along the line you met and fell in love with someone and, guess what?
You have no home life. The entire time you're working 60 hours a week in Poughkeepsie (for around $30k a year) you're sending out applications to bigger markets. The bigger the market, the better the pay.
So you land a job in Syracuse. Same shit. 90 Days. Maybe they renew, maybe they don't. Doesn't matter because you're sending out resumes and audition tapes to every medium sized market in the Country.
Maybe you land a job in Sacramento. hoooooo, State Capital..... Maybe you'll make $40k there.
Same shit. 90 day contract.
Then you take a step backward, get your contract non-renewed and have to settle for something in Dayton Ohio.
Whatever.
I've seen it. The ONLY people who go into Journalism are Crusaders.
And NONE of them go into Journalism to report the News.
EVERY.SINGLE.ONE.OF.THEM Goes into Journalism so they can 'Make a difference'
In school, we called them 'the tubes'.
Bunch of jackasses. Every one of them. And stupid. Seriously. I'm talking... Not real bright.
Guys and Gals, journalists don't get into the field and turn to shit, they're shit before they get into the field.
And that's why they're there. Shit attracts more shit.
Beats being unemployed.
But there are people who get jobs for the money. And there are people who get jobs because they actually like doing what they do. It makes them feel alive.
I've been working the last three years for not much money. I like my job. I'd rather do that than stress out and have a big house, a big car and stuff like that I'd never get to enjoy because i'm so stressed.
Finally, faux news explained in one sentence:
Just 7 percent of journalists are Republicans. That?s far fewer than even a decade ago.
This finding is no surprise whatsoever.
Just 7 percent of journalists are Republicans. Thats far fewer than even a decade ago.
majority of American journalists identify themselves as political independents although among those who choose a side Democrats outnumber Republicans four to one, according to a new study of the media conducted by two Indiana University professors.
Write Lars Wilnat and David Weaver, professors of journalism at Indiana,*of their findings:
Compared with 2002, the percentage of full-time U.S. journalists who claim to be Democrats has dropped 8 percentage points in 2013 to about 28 percent, moving this figure closer to the overall population percentage of 30 percent, according to a December 12-15, 2013, ABC News/Washington Post national poll of 1,005 adults. This is the lowest percentage of journalists saying they are Democrats since 1971. An even larger drop was observed among journalists who said they were Republicans in 2013 (7.1 percent) than in 2002 (18 percent), but the 2013 figure is still notably lower than the percentage of U.S. adults who identified with the Republican Party (24 percent according to the poll mentioned above).
The great thing about this survey, called "The American Journalist in the Digital Age", is that its been conducted four previous times -- in 1971, 1982, 1992 and 2002. That allows for some fascinating comparisons of how partisanship (or the lack thereof) among reporters has evolved over that time.
Back in 1971, the first time this survey was conducted, there was simply more partisanship among reporters. *More than one in three (35.5 percent) said they were Democrats while more than one in four (25.7 percent) described themselves as Republicans. At that point, 32.5 percent called themselves independents.
Over the last several decades, three things have happened: 1) The number of Democratic-identifying reporters increased steadily prior to a significant drop in the latest survey 2) The number of Republicans has steadily shrunk with that number dipping into single digits for the first time ever in the new survey c) more and more reporters are identifying as independents. *What seems to be happening -- at least in the last decade - -is that journalists are leaving both parties, finding themselves more comfortable as unaffiliateds.
These numbers will likely affirm the belief in conservative circles that "all" reporters are secretly Democrats. (The study was conducted via online interviews with 1,080 reporters.) *While I am not in the business of disputing the study's finding, I would note two caveats:
1. This is among*all*reporters not just political reporters. While that may seem like a minor issue, it's worth noting that assuming these party ID numbers are true for those of us -- like me -- who cover politics day in and day out may not be entirely accurate.
2. The movement toward independent status among reporters is in keeping with a similar move in the broader electorate as they find the two parties increasingly rigid and, therefore, less welcoming.
The entire study, which details that journalists are less happy in their jobs than ever before and that most believe the industry is headed in the wrong direction, is*worth reading in its entirety.
Just 7 percent of journalists are Republicans. That?s far fewer than even a decade ago.
Tell your kids that when you can't buy them the newest clothes or the most modern gadgets.
Tell your spouse that when you can't afford a vacation or for her to stay home and raise the children.
Tell your family that when your neighborhood goes to shit and you have to listen to beer fights at 2:30AM every morning and go to work stressed out from lack of sleep.
Tell yourself that when your car breaks down every other week and you can neither afford to fix it nor buy a new one.
No wonder you're a dimocrap. You fit the profile perfectly.
Lazy, self-centered, non-motivated, disinterested...... The perfect dimocrap.
Then as soon as you get in a jam, you want somebody else to bail you out, right?
Don't answer, I already know
Finally, faux news explained in one sentence:
Just 7 percent of journalists are Republicans. That?s far fewer than even a decade ago.
Why would ANY intelligent person want to become a journalist?
Why?
