Media Bias and Framing News

People (May 2015)

Mike Huckabee Reaffirms Support for Duggar Family After Josh Duggar Accused of Child Molestation

Seems like the Christian thing to do.

The Blaze

Mike Huckabee Says He ‘Never Defended’ Josh Duggar After Molestation Allegations

The Blaze was founded by Glenn Beck

Western Journalism

Mike Huckabee Just Cleared The Air On 1 HUGE Thing About The Josh Duggar Scandal

Conservative Merry-Go-Round

Christian Today

Mike Huckabee clarifies: 'I supported the Duggar parents, not their eldest son Josh' who did 'despicable' acts

He's now 'clarifying' according to this source.

News Max

Huckabee: I Never Defended Josh Duggar, Just Parents' Values

Note

Daily Kos

Huckabee lies about his love affair with Josh Duggar

Doesn't quite seem like the Christian thing to do.

This is a thought exercise about Media Bias. Take a look at these news stories and decide which news sources are telling the truth.

Which sources are omitting facts?

Which sources are using tacit suggestive language to redirect the focus of criticism elsewhere, or to suggest no wrongdoing?

How Statistics Are Distorted

Sorted by Population

State	Population	Gun related deaths per 100000	Actual total gun related deaths	Percent
California	38,802,500	7.5	2,910.19	0.0075
Texas	26,956,958	10.5	2,830.48	0.0105
Florida	19,893,297	11.8	2,347.41	0.0118
New York	19,746,227	4.1	809.60	0.0041
Illinois	12,880,580	8.4	1,081.97	0.0084
Pennsylvania	12,787,209	11	1,406.59	0.0110
Ohio	11,594,163	10.9	1,263.76	0.0109
Georgia	10,097,343	12.5	1,262.17	0.0125
North Carolina	9,943,964	12.1	1,203.22	0.0121
Michigan	9,909,877	11.9	1,179.28	0.0119
New Jersey	8,938,175	5.7	509.48	0.0057
Virginia	8,326,289	10	832.63	0.0100
Washington	7,061,530	8.4	593.17	0.0084
Massachusetts	6,745,408	2.9	195.62	0.0029
Arizona	6,731,484	13.9	935.68	0.0139
Indiana	6,596,855	12.7	837.80	0.0127
Tennessee	6,549,352	15.3	1,002.05	0.0153
Missouri	6,063,589	14.3	867.09	0.0143
Maryland	5,976,407	9.4	561.78	0.0094
Wisconsin	5,757,564	9.6	552.73	0.0096
Minnesota	5,457,173	7.6	414.75	0.0076
Colorado	5,355,856	11.4	610.57	0.0114
Alabama	4,849,377	17.5	848.64	0.0175
South Carolina	4,832,482	14.9	720.04	0.0149
Louisiana	4,649,676	19.1	888.09	0.0191
Kentucky	4,413,457	13.6	600.23	0.0136
Oregon	3,970,239	10.9	432.76	0.0109
Oklahoma	3,878,051	16.4	636.00	0.0164
Connecticut	3,596,677	4.3	154.66	0.0043
Iowa	3,107,126	8	248.57	0.0080
Arkansas	2,994,079	19.8	592.83	0.0198
Mississippi	2,984,926	17.7	528.33	0.0177
Utah	2,942,902	12.4	364.92	0.0124
Kansas	2,904,021	11.3	328.15	0.0113
Nevada	2,839,099	13.7	388.96	0.0137
New Mexico	2,085,572	14.7	306.58	0.0147
Nebraska	1,881,503	9	169.34	0.0090
West Virginia	1,850,326	13.9	257.20	0.0139
Idaho	1,634,464	13.9	227.19	0.0139
Hawaii	1,419,561	2.5	35.49	0.0025
Maine	1,330,089	10.6	140.99	0.0106
New Hampshire	1,326,813	6.2	82.26	0.0062
Rhode Island	1,055,173	5.2	54.87	0.0052
Montana	1,023,579	16	163.77	0.0160
Delaware	935,614	10.3	96.37	0.0103
South Dakota	853,175	9.5	81.05	0.0095
North Dakota	739,482	11.8	87.26	0.0118
Alaska	737,732	19.8	146.07	0.0198
Vermont	626,011	9.1	56.97	0.0091
Wyoming	584,153	16.7	97.55	0.0167

Sorted by gun related deaths per 100K

State	Population	Gun related deaths per 100000	Actual total gun related deaths	Percent
Arkansas	2,994,079	19.8	592.83	0.0198
Alaska	737,732	19.8	146.07	0.0198
Louisiana	4,649,676	19.1	888.09	0.0191
Mississippi	2,984,926	17.7	528.33	0.0177
Alabama	4,849,377	17.5	848.64	0.0175
Wyoming	584,153	16.7	97.55	0.0167
Oklahoma	3,878,051	16.4	636.00	0.0164
Montana	1,023,579	16	163.77	0.0160
Tennessee	6,549,352	15.3	1,002.05	0.0153
South Carolina	4,832,482	14.9	720.04	0.0149
New Mexico	2,085,572	14.7	306.58	0.0147
Missouri	6,063,589	14.3	867.09	0.0143
Arizona	6,731,484	13.9	935.68	0.0139
West Virginia	1,850,326	13.9	257.20	0.0139
Idaho	1,634,464	13.9	227.19	0.0139
Nevada	2,839,099	13.7	388.96	0.0137
Kentucky	4,413,457	13.6	600.23	0.0136
Indiana	6,596,855	12.7	837.80	0.0127
Georgia	10,097,343	12.5	1,262.17	0.0125
Utah	2,942,902	12.4	364.92	0.0124
North Carolina	9,943,964	12.1	1,203.22	0.0121
Michigan	9,909,877	11.9	1,179.28	0.0119
Florida	19,893,297	11.8	2,347.41	0.0118
North Dakota	739,482	11.8	87.26	0.0118
Colorado	5,355,856	11.4	610.57	0.0114
Kansas	2,904,021	11.3	328.15	0.0113
Pennsylvania	12,787,209	11	1,406.59	0.0110
Ohio	11,594,163	10.9	1,263.76	0.0109
Oregon	3,970,239	10.9	432.76	0.0109
Maine	1,330,089	10.6	140.99	0.0106
Texas	26,956,958	10.5	2,830.48	0.0105
Delaware	935,614	10.3	96.37	0.0103
Virginia	8,326,289	10	832.63	0.0100
Wisconsin	5,757,564	9.6	552.73	0.0096
South Dakota	853,175	9.5	81.05	0.0095
Maryland	5,976,407	9.4	561.78	0.0094
Vermont	626,011	9.1	56.97	0.0091
Nebraska	1,881,503	9	169.34	0.0090
Illinois	12,880,580	8.4	1,081.97	0.0084
Washington	7,061,530	8.4	593.17	0.0084
Iowa	3,107,126	8	248.57	0.0080
Minnesota	5,457,173	7.6	414.75	0.0076
California	38,802,500	7.5	2,910.19	0.0075
New Hampshire	1,326,813	6.2	82.26	0.0062
New Jersey	8,938,175	5.7	509.48	0.0057
Rhode Island	1,055,173	5.2	54.87	0.0052
Connecticut	3,596,677	4.3	154.66	0.0043
New York	19,746,227	4.1	809.60	0.0041
Massachusetts	6,745,408	2.9	195.62	0.0029
Hawaii	1,419,561	2.5	35.49	0.0025

Sorted by Acual Gun-Related Death totals

State	Population	Gun related deaths per 100000	Actual total gun related deaths	Percent
California	38,802,500	7.5	2,910.19	0.0075
Texas	26,956,958	10.5	2,830.48	0.0105
Florida	19,893,297	11.8	2,347.41	0.0118
Pennsylvania	12,787,209	11	1,406.59	0.0110
Ohio	11,594,163	10.9	1,263.76	0.0109
Georgia	10,097,343	12.5	1,262.17	0.0125
North Carolina	9,943,964	12.1	1,203.22	0.0121
Michigan	9,909,877	11.9	1,179.28	0.0119
Illinois	12,880,580	8.4	1,081.97	0.0084
Tennessee	6,549,352	15.3	1,002.05	0.0153
Arizona	6,731,484	13.9	935.68	0.0139
Louisiana	4,649,676	19.1	888.09	0.0191
Missouri	6,063,589	14.3	867.09	0.0143
Alabama	4,849,377	17.5	848.64	0.0175
Indiana	6,596,855	12.7	837.80	0.0127
Virginia	8,326,289	10	832.63	0.0100
New York	19,746,227	4.1	809.60	0.0041
South Carolina	4,832,482	14.9	720.04	0.0149
Oklahoma	3,878,051	16.4	636.00	0.0164
Colorado	5,355,856	11.4	610.57	0.0114
Kentucky	4,413,457	13.6	600.23	0.0136
Washington	7,061,530	8.4	593.17	0.0084
Arkansas	2,994,079	19.8	592.83	0.0198
Maryland	5,976,407	9.4	561.78	0.0094
Wisconsin	5,757,564	9.6	552.73	0.0096
Mississippi	2,984,926	17.7	528.33	0.0177
New Jersey	8,938,175	5.7	509.48	0.0057
Oregon	3,970,239	10.9	432.76	0.0109
Minnesota	5,457,173	7.6	414.75	0.0076
Nevada	2,839,099	13.7	388.96	0.0137
Utah	2,942,902	12.4	364.92	0.0124
Kansas	2,904,021	11.3	328.15	0.0113
New Mexico	2,085,572	14.7	306.58	0.0147
West Virginia	1,850,326	13.9	257.20	0.0139
Iowa	3,107,126	8	248.57	0.0080
Idaho	1,634,464	13.9	227.19	0.0139
Massachusetts	6,745,408	2.9	195.62	0.0029
Nebraska	1,881,503	9	169.34	0.0090
Montana	1,023,579	16	163.77	0.0160
Connecticut	3,596,677	4.3	154.66	0.0043
Alaska	737,732	19.8	146.07	0.0198
Maine	1,330,089	10.6	140.99	0.0106
Wyoming	584,153	16.7	97.55	0.0167
Delaware	935,614	10.3	96.37	0.0103
North Dakota	739,482	11.8	87.26	0.0118
New Hampshire	1,326,813	6.2	82.26	0.0062
South Dakota	853,175	9.5	81.05	0.0095
Vermont	626,011	9.1	56.97	0.0091
Rhode Island	1,055,173	5.2	54.87	0.0052
Hawaii	1,419,561	2.5	35.49	0.0025

Sorted by Percentage Values

State	Population	Gun related deaths per 100000	Actual total gun related deaths	Percent
Alaska	737,732	19.8	146.07	0.0198
Arkansas	2,994,079	19.8	592.83	0.0198
Louisiana	4,649,676	19.1	888.09	0.0191
Mississippi	2,984,926	17.7	528.33	0.0177
Alabama	4,849,377	17.5	848.64	0.0175
Wyoming	584,153	16.7	97.55	0.0167
Oklahoma	3,878,051	16.4	636.00	0.0164
Montana	1,023,579	16	163.77	0.0160
Tennessee	6,549,352	15.3	1,002.05	0.0153
South Carolina	4,832,482	14.9	720.04	0.0149
New Mexico	2,085,572	14.7	306.58	0.0147
Missouri	6,063,589	14.3	867.09	0.0143
Arizona	6,731,484	13.9	935.68	0.0139
West Virginia	1,850,326	13.9	257.20	0.0139
Idaho	1,634,464	13.9	227.19	0.0139
Nevada	2,839,099	13.7	388.96	0.0137
Kentucky	4,413,457	13.6	600.23	0.0136
Indiana	6,596,855	12.7	837.80	0.0127
Georgia	10,097,343	12.5	1,262.17	0.0125
Utah	2,942,902	12.4	364.92	0.0124
North Carolina	9,943,964	12.1	1,203.22	0.0121
Michigan	9,909,877	11.9	1,179.28	0.0119
Florida	19,893,297	11.8	2,347.41	0.0118
North Dakota	739,482	11.8	87.26	0.0118
Colorado	5,355,856	11.4	610.57	0.0114
Kansas	2,904,021	11.3	328.15	0.0113
Pennsylvania	12,787,209	11	1,406.59	0.0110
Ohio	11,594,163	10.9	1,263.76	0.0109
Oregon	3,970,239	10.9	432.76	0.0109
Maine	1,330,089	10.6	140.99	0.0106
Texas	26,956,958	10.5	2,830.48	0.0105
Delaware	935,614	10.3	96.37	0.0103
Virginia	8,326,289	10	832.63	0.0100
Wisconsin	5,757,564	9.6	552.73	0.0096
South Dakota	853,175	9.5	81.05	0.0095
Maryland	5,976,407	9.4	561.78	0.0094
Vermont	626,011	9.1	56.97	0.0091
Nebraska	1,881,503	9	169.34	0.0090
Illinois	12,880,580	8.4	1,081.97	0.0084
Washington	7,061,530	8.4	593.17	0.0084
Iowa	3,107,126	8	248.57	0.0080
Minnesota	5,457,173	7.6	414.75	0.0076
California	38,802,500	7.5	2,910.19	0.0075
New Hampshire	1,326,813	6.2	82.26	0.0062
New Jersey	8,938,175	5.7	509.48	0.0057
Rhode Island	1,055,173	5.2	54.87	0.0052
Connecticut	3,596,677	4.3	154.66	0.0043
New York	19,746,227	4.1	809.60	0.0041
Massachusetts	6,745,408	2.9	195.62	0.0029
Hawaii	1,419,561	2.5	35.49	0.0025

A lot of people are posting statistics about gun violence. Instead of posting the raw data, they like to convert the raw data into calculated results that appear to favor their side of the argument.

Here is the same data in several charts, sorted to show how the results can be skewed.

Notice in the second chart where Arkansas and Alaska have drastically different populations, have nearly identical gun deaths per one hundred thousand people, but in reality Arkansas has more than five times the number of actual gun related deaths.

Next time someone posts statistics showing only the percentage or a value for one out of every hundred, or thousand or whatever, make sure you look at the raw data before making a judgement.

*The column for actual total gun related deaths was arrived at by reverse-calculating the numbers: Dividing the state population by one hundred thousand, then multiplying the result by the gun related deaths per one hundred thousand, this explains the second decimal numbers in column 4, If it's not totally screwed up.

Vetting a Congress That Will Support Bernie Sanders

Progressive Democrats of America

pdamerica.org

Goes as far as mentioning Living Wage Jobs, but not quite as far as demanding a $15 per hour minimum wage, or a minimum weekly schedule of no less than 35 hours.

Wikipedia

Progressive Democrats of America

See the members of the advisory board, staff, consultants, and reference links to GovTrack.org

In These Times

Progressive Democrats of America Bring Movement Pressure to Dems Through Bernie Sanders Campaign

It looks like PDA is trying to take the bulk of the credit for getting Bernie Sanders into the main-stream spotlight.

Facebook

PDA Facebook page

Lots of pro-Bernie stuff. Maybe they're genuine.

The Atlantic

No, Liberals Don't Control the Democratic Party

The Establishment Party begins to slip up and rear its ugly head. We must weed out the infiltrators of the true progressive caucus.

American Prospect

The Democratic Sugar-Daddy/Sugar-Mama Dossier

There are Oligarchs who can't see the consequences of their actions that led to the French and Russian revolutions, then there are those who know they can keep their crowns and heads by appeasing the masses.

It's less than a year away from the general election. If Bernie wins he still faces a majority of Establishment politicians in the House of Representatives and Senate. What are Establishment Politicians?

The Establishment is a bi-partisan coalition of House and Senate members that favors local and Wall Street billionaires. In other words, both Democrats and Republicans that work on behalf of their donors instead of all their voters.

You can visit opensecrets.org and look up your congress member's donors.

You want candidates running in your district who have the largest number of small individual contributions, those are the candidates who are beholden to all of the people.

The candidates who receive very large donations from a small number of donors, or are supported by Super PACs are beholden to the elite few with lots of money.

Also see VoteSmart.org