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mheisig · 10-28-2008, 01:29 PM

I actually have irrefutable evidence of media bias that I stumbled upon earlier today.

I'm a web designer and needed to grab an ad sample, so I headed to my favorite bi-partisan news source, ABC.com and grabbed a screenshot of one of their ads.

I inserted it into my layout and later on had to find the center of the ad to align a couple of other visual elements.

As this diagram below proves, the ad was designed with visual bias toward John McCain! The ad is 300px wide, which would lead one to believe that each candidate would get an equal 150px of space.

Not so. McCain is allotted 152px of space to Obama's 148px! Clearly there IS media bias, but it's in favor of the GOP, AND on a major national news source!

That amounts to a 1.3% bias in favor of McCain! Unbelievable!

In the interest of redistributing everything equally amongst all people, I strongly feel the ad should be split 50-50.

I also did this while at work, since it doesn't really matter if I work anymore because regardless of what I do I know that Mr. Obama will be sure to dip into some rich fat cat's pockets and give it to me. Score one laziness!

10-28-2008, 01:29 PM	#21
mheisig The Starter Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The Southeast Age: 41 Posts: 2,119	Re: how F'd up is this? I actually have irrefutable evidence of media bias that I stumbled upon earlier today. I'm a web designer and needed to grab an ad sample, so I headed to my favorite bi-partisan news source, ABC.com and grabbed a screenshot of one of their ads. I inserted it into my layout and later on had to find the center of the ad to align a couple of other visual elements. As this diagram below proves, the ad was designed with visual bias toward John McCain! The ad is 300px wide, which would lead one to believe that each candidate would get an equal 150px of space. Not so. McCain is allotted 152px of space to Obama's 148px! Clearly there IS media bias, but it's in favor of the GOP, AND on a major national news source! That amounts to a 1.3% bias in favor of McCain! Unbelievable! In the interest of redistributing everything equally amongst all people, I strongly feel the ad should be split 50-50. I also did this while at work, since it doesn't really matter if I work anymore because regardless of what I do I know that Mr. Obama will be sure to dip into some rich fat cat's pockets and give it to me. Score one laziness! __________________ Your post count, reputation score, popularity ranking, VIP tag or funny signature has no bearing on how I value you as an individual.