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UrbScotty

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Fri Apr 5, 2013, 10:37 PM Apr 2013

Media Matters: Partisanship And Diversity On The Sunday Shows In 9 Charts

Broadcast Networks Hosted Republican And Conservative Guests Most Often. Out of 400 total guests hosted by ABC's This Week, CBS' Face the Nation, NBC's Meet the Press, and Fox's Fox News Sunday during the first three months of 2013, 40 percent were either Republicans or conservatives while only 29 percent were Democrats or progressives. Centrist, nonpartisan, and ideologically neutral guests made up 31 percent.



Each Network Hosted More Guests From The Right Than The Left. Republicans and conservatives outpaced Democrats and progressives on all four networks. Fox News Sunday had the largest discrepancy, with 53 percent of guests being Republicans or conservatives and only 24 percent being Democrats or progressives.



More charts at this link: http://mediamatters.org/research/2013/04/05/report-partisanship-and-diversity-on-the-sunday/193482
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