George Leef points to an impressive essay by Emory English professor Mark Bauerlein on bias in the reporting on education by the specialized, industry-focused press.
If you’re interested in media bias — and if you’re not, you should be — let me also suggest that you read (or if you’re an old-timer here, re-read) an old post of mine, “Egregious Media Bias At InsideHigherEd,” which begins:
It is not uncommon for conservatives or bloggers — and especially conservative bloggers — to engage in rants about the bias of the “mainstream media.” This is not one of those rants. It is a rant about an extraordinary expression of bias up one creek of what might be called the tributary media, the small, specialized publications that cover one industry or topic.
And then, since nothing had changed, seven years later: “Biased Or Incompetent News: It’s Not Just The Mainstream Press“
