Key Findings:
■ PBS staff used 162 variations of “far right” labels and only six “far left” labels, an astounding ratio of 27 to 1.
■ PBS staff also used mere "right-wing" and "left-wing" labels at a disparity of 33 to 6. So overall, the labeling disparity was 195 to 12.
PBS News Hour's Extreme Makeover: 27 Times More Likely to Find 'Far Right' Over 'Far Left'
Introducing an interview with left-wing author Joshua Green, PBS News Hour co-anchor Geoff Bennett made a rare media admission: “Much has been made of the far right’s strong sway over the GOP and its agenda. But what doesn’t get nearly as much attention is the far left’s influence in the...
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