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Monday, January 25, 2010

Bias contributes to downfall of old media.

An advanced Google Search within the Sj-r.com website for the words "abortion," "life" and "choice," prefaced by "Anti-" and "Pro-" resulted in some curious findings.


Anti-Abortion: 32 search results
Pro-Abortion: 83 search results
Pro-Life: 1,210 search results
Pro-Choice: 361 search results

This research was inspired by a list of pro-life supporters published by the Springfield Right to Life organization, on page 4, 5 and 6 of the Illinois State Journal Register, January 25, 2010.

Follow-up research: Who among the newspaper staff is on that list? So far, the Editor of the Editorial Page.

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