Any Surprises Here?

So unless you've been locked away in your house for six months - wait a minute, you have! - how can you not be aware of media biases in major cable news networks.

Fox is right wing and backs Trump, CNN is left wing and supports Biden. 

Supporters of both networks will deny this;  

• "Fox isn't right wing, it is balanced." 
• "CNN isn't left wing, it is balanced."

But how balanced are they?  I would hypothesize that it is not balanced. But let's use science to find out.

Ha ha, I'm not going to use science! I'm going to use a one day snapshot of both websites.

Fox has the word Trump mentioned 72 times on its home page.

And Biden.....?

Biden is mentioned 58 times on Fox's home page.

Now CNN.  CNN has the word Trump mentioned 19 times on its home page.

Biden.....?

Twice, but further down the page.

Conclusions:

• Fox must have a larger home page.
• No science at all, but suspect Fox mentions Trump in glowing terms 72 times, and Biden none.
• CNN, same thing but different.
• As far as testing the original hypothesis of whether coverage is balanced....you can draw your own conclusions.

And as far as science goes, it is the new "racist". 

When someone used to be called a racist, it was shocking and meant something.  Now it means nothing.

And now, to shut down a conversation, all you have to say is, "Sorry, we use science" and wag your finger.

Well, no you don't.  I doubt anyone uses science. At least not the right way.

Because science is not black and white.  Unless you do an experiment, which is the foundation of the scientific method.

But until then it's still pretty easy to be......

And with apologies to Thomas Dolby.....