I was having this discussion with some people...
And although I didn't find the exact polls I was looking for, I found some that were similar.
And according to this story, "Surveys have shown that only about 11 percent of journalists attend church on a weekly basis, while more than one-third of Americans do."
Unfortunatly the surveys were not made availble to me. Or I would make them for you. However, this is the second independant source to claim as such. (the other was a book I read called the Journey by Peter Kreeft.)
posted by InterestingPhysics @ 9:32 PM
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ever think that as part of their impartiality, maybe journalists declined to answer that question on the survey? it's interesting at to what lengths christians and all religions constantly defend their actions even if some are abhorrantly stewed in racism or hatred. as a person who has talked to Jonah Goldberg I wouldn't say that he's either impartial (his wife worked as a speechwriter for John Ashcroft too) or a good journalist. his research tends to buoy conservative think tank mentalities and "research". so by all means point out the flaws of the "liberal" media by pointing your finger towards a heavily biased conservative writer...
No, I didn't think about that. I would suspect that whoever made a survey such as this would not assume that declining to answer a question equals answering in the negative. The survey probably would have said " 'A' said yes, 'B' said no and 'C' declined to answer, but of those who answered, 'D' said yes and 'E' said no"... something like that. It'd be pretty dishonest to report otherwise.
I don't suppose I care if the media is politically biased in one way or the other. And I have no particular reason to accept this report as true or false (other than I don't think that he is making it up.) Mostly, I had read the aforementioned book which made that claim- that a very low percentage of journalist, hollywood execs, and college professors regularly attend church, compared to the percentage of average americans. I had a discussion with some folks and I tried to see if there was any mention of such a survey online. I found the cited news story which coroborated the claim, and I found nothing to the contrary. I do wish that the article cited the survey for clarity, but it did not.
The actual survey responses listed were a part of the same discussion I just mentioned. I believe that the link does show what questions were asked and such. (its been a while since I posted this). It was intended to further show a values gap between the general public and the national and local press.
So I wonder, does it bother you that there may, in fact, be a values difference betweeen the public and the press at large? Does it bother you that this might affect how the news is reported? I mean, I didn't draw any conclusions here. I just repoted my findings in an unbiased way didn't I?
Also, what actions am I defending? Certainly none stewed in racism and hatred. Where did "racism and hatred" come from except from an attempt to write off these numbers as skewed.
Believe it or don't. prove me wrong even. But if you're gonna start using that kind of rhetoric... then you are just like a paedophilic Hitler who loves war- and I'll be damned if I get lectured by the likes of you. (do you see what I did there? with the idignance follwed by the irony?)
no but seriously, whats the beef?
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