Mais do mesmo...

Mais do mesmo: no blogue Framing Science, uma nota da sobre o tratamento (diferenciado) que os órgãos da Comunicação Social norte-americana dão às posições religiosas progressistas versus posições religiosas conservadoras:

"Media Matters for America, a liberal media watch dog organization, has released
an analysis of sourcing
patterns of religious leaders in news coverage. From the intro to the report:

Religion is often depicted in the news media as a politically divisive
force, with two sides roughly paralleling the broader political divide: On one
side are cultural conservatives who ground their political values in religious
beliefs; and on the other side are secular liberals, who have opted out of
debates that center on religion-based values. The truth, however is far
different: close to 90 percent of Americans today self-identify as religious,
while only 22 percent belong to traditionalist sects. Yet in the cultural war
depicted by news media as existing across religious lines, centrist and
progressive voices are marginalized or absent altogether.

In order to begin
to assess how the news media paint the picture of religion in America today,
this study measured the extent to which religious leaders, both conservative and
progressive, are quoted, mentioned, and interviewed in the news media.
Among
the study's key findings:

• 
  Combining newspapers and television,
  conservative religious leaders were quoted, mentioned, or interviewed in news
  stories 2.8 times as often as were progressive religious leaders.
• 
  On
  television news -- the three major television networks, the three major cable
  news channels, and PBS -- conservative religious leaders were quoted, mentioned,
  or interviewed almost 3.8 times as often as progressive leaders.
• 
  In major
  newspapers, conservative religious leaders were quoted, mentioned, or
  interviewed 2.7 times as often as progressive leaders."