Anti-Gun Culture.

• Author: Sullum, Jacob
• Position: Media Research Center study finds media bias against guns - Brief Article

Anyone who regularly watches television news will not be surprised by the general conclusion of a recent Media Research Center study: TV reporters do not like guns. Still, the conservative group's attempt to quantify the bias (available at www.mediaresearch.org/specialreports/news/sr20000l05b.html) yields some startling numbers.

The center's analysts examined coverage of gun issues by four evening newscasts (on ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN) and three morning shows (on ABC, CBS, and NBC) from July 1, 1997, through June 30, 1999--a period that includes the massacre at Columbine High School and its aftermath. Counting up reporters' pro-and anti-gun...