Washington Journal Spans to the Right
BigMedia.org – Rocky Mountain Media Watch
by Jason Salzman
C-Span’s daily TV talk show,
Washington Journal, is a valuable alternative to the pathetically
perky, celebrity-studded network morning “news” shows. And it’s a
welcome rest stop from the morning fare of hype and drama on commercial
cable outlets, like Fox and CNN.
Still,
Washington Journal could benefit from a more diverse pool of guests.
The show’s guests are primarily Washington insiders (mainstream
journalists and government officials), while outsiders (e.g., advocacy
organizations and academics) are under-represented.
Guests
from conservative think tanks outnumber guests from progressive ones by
a margin of over three to one (48 percent from conservative think tanks
versus 13 percent from progressive think tanks).
At a
minimum, representation from the widely known right-wing think
tanks—like the American Enterprise Institute and the Heritage
Foundation—should be matched by representation from progressive think
tanks, like the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Institute
for Policy Studies.
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If you would like to write C-Span's Washington Journal and let them
know that you want more balance in the views that are represented on their program, send
an E-mail to: journal@c-span.org
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