Reports that the position in a news story of biasing information about a robbery suspect had little effect on judgments of the suspect's innocence or guilt. (GT)

Concludes that while news about the Third World is not underemphasized in the "New York Times" and the "Chicago Tribune," negative news is played up more in both than is news from other areas. (FL)

Concludes that the extent of reporters' agreement with messages from an information source affects the choice of supportive items. (RB)

This study examines the coverage of the Rosenberg case in the "New York Times,""Chicago Tribune," and the "New Orleans Times-Picayune," from 20 May until 22 June 1953, the month prior to the execution. These three major metropolitan dailies represent different geographical areas and political orientations. It was…

An analysis of the use by 23 newspapers of material from the three major commercial television network interview programs--"Issues and Answers" (ABC), "Face the Nation" (CBS), and "Meet the Press" (NBC)--suggests that newspapers associated with television stations do not give preference to materials from their own…

An analysis of the election stories about presidential candidates that appeared in three major news magazines during the 1976 presidential campaign reveals that coverage of Eugene McCarthy's candidacy was unbiased but meager. (GT)

Concludes that with several exceptions that there was no bias on the part of the news media in covering the 1972 election campaign. (RB)

A study was conducted to compare "Time" and "Newsweek" magazines' fairness and coverage in the various presidential campaigns of the three Kennedy brothers. Researchers examined every story the two magazines published about John Kennedy's primary campaign, beginning January 1, 1960, and ending with his nomination at the…

Reporters with little bias--"low participants"--produced the fairest and most accurate, objective, and comprehensive stories about John Dean. (KS)

Interviews with 1,034 respondents shortly before the 1972 presidential election, and with 701 of these respondents shortly after the election, revealed that a small proportion perceived political bias in television news, a larger proportion perceived biases in newspaper reporting, and the vast majority saw no political bias in either medium. (GT)

Reports that (1) the length and number of news items about aging and the aged in 10 metropolitan newspapers were disproportionate to the proportion of aged persons in the population, and (2) the tone of such newspaper stories was positive or neutral. (GT)

A content analysis of newspapers in 11 Texas cities between 1975 and 1977 suggests that only editorial page coverage favored mayoral candidates endorsed by the newspapers and that all serious candidates had an equal chance of receiving fair campaign coverage in their respective city newspapers. (GT)

Concludes that political news reporting prior to the 1974 Colorado general elections was affected by management attitudes. (RB)

Critics of international news flow characteristics have charged that news is biased toward the interests of the developed world and against the developing world, thereby giving an unrepresentative image of their countries to the United States reader. A study was conducted to examine the output and presentation of reports by foreign correspondents…

Concludes that government spokespersons, ranking politicians, and leaders of organized groups have better access to Canadian TV news outlets than do other people. (FL)